A review by spowers2627
Don't Make Me Turn This Life Around by Camille Pagán

4.0

I was immediately drawn into Libby's story. When we meet her she has just received great news, and yet she is examining why she doesn't feel more joyous. The more I got to know Libby, the more I related to her internal struggles, her worries as a mother and her fears as a woman. When her brother delivers news that shocks her, Libby takes action to shake up things for her family. She plans a trip to Puerto Rico, where she and her husband met and fell in love. Libby has grand hopes that this trip will be a relationship reset and infuse joy into her family be reliving wonderful memories in a beautiful setting. Instead, the trip has one mishap after another and Libby is forced to confront some hard truths. She realizes she has been repressing many emotions and that pretending everything is alright is actually causing harm her relationships.
I liked so much about this story and these characters. This is my first by Camille Pagan, but won't be my last.