A review by danadoesbooks
The Good Part by Sophie Cousens

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Thank you Putnam Books and NetGalley for the eARC of The Good Part!  All opinions in this review are my own.

Sophie Cousens is one of my favorite authors so when I found out she wrote a book with a similar concept to 13 Going On 30, I knew I had to read it!  While Lucy is more 24 going on 42, The Good Part was such a good read!  Cousens does an excellent job at expressing the impatience of waiting for the "good part" to happen when you are struggling in your 20s.  Lucy just wants to feel settled in her life and over the course of the novel, she learns that each stage of her life has both good and bad experiences.  The Good Part made me both laugh out loud and tear up once again proving why I read all of Cousens's books!

At the end of the book, Cousens includes a section where she asked people in her life "What advice would you give your twenty-six-year-old self?"  The answers are both funny and heartfelt, and definitely worth a read through.