kelseysreads 's review for:

Like a House on Fire by Lauren McBrayer

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This is an interesting exploration of rethinking who you are and what you want later in life. It did end up being more romance than literary fiction in my opinion, but I enjoyed the experience of reading it, and the twist at the end was incredibly satisfying. I do have to mention that parts of Jane and Merit's relationship felt very inaccurate to real life lesbian relationships (I've never in my life heard of women in love having a passionate night together but not kissing even once?), but I was pulling for them, and still managed to have sympathy for Cory. As a side note, there was also a concerning amount of drinking in the book- not sure if that was supposed to be a subtle statement at "wine moms" or not, but it seemed like overkill. 

Overall, I did enjoy reading this one. Thanks to Putnam and NetGalley for the free ARC in exchange for an honest review.