About the Book
Ever-hopeful Lia thinks she’ll be with handsome, brooding Jake forever. Until one day he completely blindsides her and makes her question everything she knows… Lia Townsend is expecting a trip to Hawaii for her fifth wedding anniversary. Instead, her husband, Jake, walks out on her. Out of the blue. Devastated, Lia vows to win back Jake and the perfect life they shared.
Because it was perfect, wasn’t it?
As Lia searches for the truth behind Jake’s departure, the cracks in the shiny varnish begin to show. And once she uncovers his secret, all that she once knew and believed in crumbles.
Lia’s eccentric mother, her best friend, and two vastly different men each pull her in new directions, and Lia attempts to push past the pain and start anew.
But Jake isn’t gone for good. When an accident rocks the lives of their best friends, Lia and Jake are thrown together. Will Lia choose to salvage her old life with the man who broke her heart – or was everything they shared an illusion?
My Review
I love books that feel real. Books that feature messy lives and imperfect characters and difficult situations. Forgetting Ophelia offered all of that. Lia was such an interesting character to follow, and there were plenty of secondary characters that helped shape this story into the great read it was. I felt personally invested in the story from the beginning, and through all the twists and turns. Like I said, I love books that feel real – that don’t offer a snap your fingers and everything is solved ending, books that include a female character needing to be rescued in order to find happiness – and I love that authenticity to this book. Especially when it came to Lia’s friendships in regards to her relationship breaking off – I personally have been through something very similar, and it was spooky reading that storyline and how relatable it was. I highly recommend Forgetting Ophelia for women’s fiction fans.
5 stars
