A review by jenniahw
This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan

challenging funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

As someone who has always been intrigued by Kennedy Ryan's work I was beyond excited when this book came available. It was as good as I expected and I loved the story of a woman already in a rocky marriage learning that things are in fact worse than they seem. An affair is the least of her worries and having to navigate all this with kids, without much personal income, and while people apart of the organization her husband messed with wanting to make her life harder than it is is a lot to go through. The way all of this is written just works so well and really shows how as a parent you have to push through not just for your kids, but for yourself. Because you do deserve better and you shouldn't deny yourself what you deserve and what can make your life one you don't regret living.

My sole issue is that I would have loved for more time to have passed. A year or two before the man who is the catalyst to the reveal of her husband's major mess ups becomes more of love interest would have built the tension for them a little more. It also would have made her daddy's girl middle daughter's anger over him being the man who put her father in jail a little ridiculous. For me it read as very valid since only nine months had gone by and so I couldn't be bothered that she was still clinging to that and saw it as a bit valid seeing as all of that is a lot to process.

I appreciate the chance to read this given to me via NetGalley.