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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
medium-paced
I loved it! I was expecting a stereotypical love story about a middle aged married couple, but it wasn’t that! This book had twists and turns with relationships that I loved and think everyone could relate to.
The main couple takes a year apart from their marriage and participates in a 500-mile-rule. Now… this isn’t my cup of tea, but the lessons learned in this story are relatable, funny, heartwarming, and make you routing for the main characters.
I love how in romance books you can expect the next thing (and they aren’t always realistic) but I thought this WAS realistic! Which made it more enjoyable.
I read this in about a week just peaking away at it. It was a quick and easy read that didn’t include any hot and heavy spice. Perfect read for a plane ride, solo travel weekend, or even just while your honey is watching basketball this month.
Book comes out April 2,2024!
The main couple takes a year apart from their marriage and participates in a 500-mile-rule. Now… this isn’t my cup of tea, but the lessons learned in this story are relatable, funny, heartwarming, and make you routing for the main characters.
I love how in romance books you can expect the next thing (and they aren’t always realistic) but I thought this WAS realistic! Which made it more enjoyable.
I read this in about a week just peaking away at it. It was a quick and easy read that didn’t include any hot and heavy spice. Perfect read for a plane ride, solo travel weekend, or even just while your honey is watching basketball this month.
Book comes out April 2,2024!
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
To start off, the premise for this book is pretty darn interesting. That’s one of the main reasons I decided to read it, and I definitely enjoyed a lot about this book!
The beginning of this book took off right away. The dinner with the “swingers” who tell Nicole and Jason about the 500 mile rule (which is basically a rule saying that if you are more than 500 miles apart, you can sleep with whoever you want) are is laughable, so you already know that the neighbors’ decisions obviously aren’t that sound. I think the part about that whole mess that was the most relatable was when Nicole told Jason they could try out the 500 mile rule solely because she didn’t want to go on the sabbatical with him. You could obviously tell, too, that it wasn’t because she didn’t love him. It was simply because she didn’t want to go trekking around South America.
Once they actually go on sabbatical separately (Nicole in Santa Fe and Jason in South America), you get a lot from them as a couple even though they’re not together. You get many moments from the past between them. You get their thoughts and longings for each other. I really like the way you could feel how, even though they had the 500 mile rule in place, they still missed each other.
From there, the book is just giving you glimpses of Jason and Nicole’s lives apart from each other. It isn’t thrilling or even super interesting, but it was very easy to read without feeling taxed by the story.
Overall, The Marriage Sabbatical is an easy-to-read, relaxed, and romantic novel. Its premise is extremely unique and the characters are honestly so relatable and real. The only thing I really didn’t like was the neat, wrapped up in a bow, ending, but that’s just my personal opinion.
The beginning of this book took off right away. The dinner with the “swingers” who tell Nicole and Jason about the 500 mile rule (which is basically a rule saying that if you are more than 500 miles apart, you can sleep with whoever you want) are is laughable, so you already know that the neighbors’ decisions obviously aren’t that sound. I think the part about that whole mess that was the most relatable was when Nicole told Jason they could try out the 500 mile rule solely because she didn’t want to go on the sabbatical with him. You could obviously tell, too, that it wasn’t because she didn’t love him. It was simply because she didn’t want to go trekking around South America.
Once they actually go on sabbatical separately (Nicole in Santa Fe and Jason in South America), you get a lot from them as a couple even though they’re not together. You get many moments from the past between them. You get their thoughts and longings for each other. I really like the way you could feel how, even though they had the 500 mile rule in place, they still missed each other.
From there, the book is just giving you glimpses of Jason and Nicole’s lives apart from each other. It isn’t thrilling or even super interesting, but it was very easy to read without feeling taxed by the story.
Overall, The Marriage Sabbatical is an easy-to-read, relaxed, and romantic novel. Its premise is extremely unique and the characters are honestly so relatable and real. The only thing I really didn’t like was the neat, wrapped up in a bow, ending, but that’s just my personal opinion.
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Fun romance. Interesting look into couples reimagining the rules of their relationship/marriage. Perfect for a beach read but not really a book I would but a physical copy of. Great fast library book recommendation!
emotional
medium-paced
