Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

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Evvie Drake isn't your average romance/romcom book. This story has complex characters, sheds light on emotional abuse (which needs more voice in this world), and shows 3 different stories of what starting over in your 30s looks like. There is a lot of depth and heart to this book that makes it meatier than most romance stories. I could really feel for and empathize with the characters at times.

Evvie Drake is leaving her husband. In an unfortunate twist of fate, she attempts to leave him on the day he dies.

At the request of her best friend, Andy, she rents out an apartment on her property to a friend of his, Dean. Dean was an MLB player until he got the "yips" and retired at the height of his career. He moves to Maine to try and "reset" his life.

There's a lot going on in their lives and they help each other move forward, together.

Favorite Quotes:

 "Young women dream about the husbands they want. Old women dream about the husbands they wanted. And only the luckiest women for a moment in the middle, dream about the husband's they've got."

  “Your head is the house you live in, so you have to do the maintenance.”

“To some of the people who had watched him grow up, I think he was a unicorn.” “He didn’t want bigger things?” “No, he did.” “Then why come back?” Evvie shrugged. “Because anywhere else, he’d just be a nice-looking horse.” 

Genre:

 

 Adult Fiction, Women's, Romance, Contemporary

** I listened to the audio version of this book and have to say that I didn't love the narrator. I would reccomend reading the book instead to anyone.