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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
This book was given to me in exchange of a honest review.
I love all the women in the story Fiona, Ali and Zennie. I liked how none of the girls expected where their lives were going and it was fun to go along for the ride. I loved how the novel put into perspective that women can have a girl-cave and also be a gamer. I loved how Zennie went through with being a surrogate for her best friend even though she knew her whole family did not agree with her. There were so many lessons learned throughout the novel and I loved it. I love Susan Mallery's writing and I can't wait to read more books by her.
I love all the women in the story Fiona, Ali and Zennie. I liked how none of the girls expected where their lives were going and it was fun to go along for the ride. I loved how the novel put into perspective that women can have a girl-cave and also be a gamer. I loved how Zennie went through with being a surrogate for her best friend even though she knew her whole family did not agree with her. There were so many lessons learned throughout the novel and I loved it. I love Susan Mallery's writing and I can't wait to read more books by her.
This book is a good time and reads like a rom-com, you just want to watch the movie. It is a light story about what happens when three sisters are dumped on the same week, but the story has a lot more elements than that.
This has sisterly love, family, and romance. If you like fun chick-flicks, this is the book version.
This has sisterly love, family, and romance. If you like fun chick-flicks, this is the book version.
This is a fluffy read and I mean that in the best possible way. Sometimes you have to take a break from the hard hitting reads and enjoy a little light reading. California Girls definitely delivered. It is a story of Three sisters Finola, Zennie & Ali who have a big blow in their lives on the same weekend. The story alternates between the three women as they come to terms with their issues. Will Finola get back her husband? Will Zennie ever settle down? Will Ali ever be seen for who she is?
It is humorous than tragic as you follow the three storylines. As I said A fun light read.
It is humorous than tragic as you follow the three storylines. As I said A fun light read.
3.5/5
Pretty good, not the best thing I've ever read, but entertaining.
Pretty good, not the best thing I've ever read, but entertaining.
3.5 stars. A light and easy read that was perfect for spring break listening.
A sweet story of three sisters struggling with relationship and the realities of modern day life. The struggles of balancing careers, friendships, relationships and family, while remaining true to yourself and your ideals come shining through in this novel. Enjoyed, and would recommend for a quick, light read
I got 50% of the way through and just couldn't anymore, so I skipped forward and skimmed the rest. The mother is heinous. Her reaction to her daughter getting ditched by her fiance and her other daughter finding out her husband is having an affair in a really terrible manner is to squawk about not getting grandchildren. She continues to bitch about it at every turn. I genuinely don't understand why her children would come by to help her because she's seriously unsupportive and self centered. Their father's first contact with his daughter about her husband's affair blames her for it, because apparently it's 1954 and if you can't keep your husband from straying you must be doing it wrong. There is a shit ton of fat shaming, and the "fat" daughter copes with the loss of her fiance by eating, because that's what fat people do, right? It's ok though, she gets into a new relationship and is so happy that she starts exercising and eating better and loses weight! Yay! Now she's a complete person worthy of love. There's a third daughter who seems to be asexual and decides to carry a baby for her best friend as a surrogate. That's it, that's her personality. Don't worry guys, in the end she too finds a partner who makes her think that maybe there might be something to that sex stuff, so she too becomes a complete person! Ugh. The one with the husband decides when he inevitably comes crawling back from his thinly disguised Taylor Swift-as-homewrecker mistress that actually, she doesn't want him back and goes off to NYC to host a morning show and that's the last we hear of her.
In California Girls, three sisters at different relationship stages are left by their significant others in the same week (one boyfriend, one husband, one fiancée). The book follows them over one summer as each sister picks up the pieces in her own way.
I enjoyed the book overall. It was an easy read and the story was mostly enjoyable. I liked Ali’s story the best out of all of them. I liked the bits and pieces we learned about the mom’s past as well. I also thought it was a nice change of pace that the book focused on sisters in addition to romantic relationships.
The things that didn’t work for me - the oldest sister was not super likable for most of the book. The middle sister’s story seemed 100% outrageous to me. I kind of wished the mom’s story had replaced the middle sister’s. We could have seen her life/reactions going through the same thing as her daughters. It could have been a neat alternating timeline.
All in all, California Girls was a decent read. If it was a movie I would describe it as a decent rental for a rainy day but not worth going to see at a theatre, if that makes sense to anyone other than me.
I enjoyed the book overall. It was an easy read and the story was mostly enjoyable. I liked Ali’s story the best out of all of them. I liked the bits and pieces we learned about the mom’s past as well. I also thought it was a nice change of pace that the book focused on sisters in addition to romantic relationships.
The things that didn’t work for me - the oldest sister was not super likable for most of the book. The middle sister’s story seemed 100% outrageous to me. I kind of wished the mom’s story had replaced the middle sister’s. We could have seen her life/reactions going through the same thing as her daughters. It could have been a neat alternating timeline.
All in all, California Girls was a decent read. If it was a movie I would describe it as a decent rental for a rainy day but not worth going to see at a theatre, if that makes sense to anyone other than me.
It was the first book I read by this author and it was a great discovery.
It's an enjoyable and entertaining book that will make you laugh and move.
You cannot help rooting for the lovely and well written characters and be involved in their story.
I loved how the plot was developed and was hooked since the first pages.
I look forward to reading other books by this author.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to HARLEQUIN - MIRA and Netgalley for this ARC
It's an enjoyable and entertaining book that will make you laugh and move.
You cannot help rooting for the lovely and well written characters and be involved in their story.
I loved how the plot was developed and was hooked since the first pages.
I look forward to reading other books by this author.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to HARLEQUIN - MIRA and Netgalley for this ARC
The setting is hilariously inconsequential considering the title and there isn’t all that much sisterhood, but the three stories are enjoyable enough