A review by lisah13
Never Too Late by Danielle Steel

5.0

Danielle Steel’s latest book is a 5 powerful star winner. Steel proficiently grabs the base of each characters struggles. Kezia is intelligent, warm, selfless, good natured and full of hope and dreams. Kezia is about to turn 60 and makes a major move from San Francisco to NY to be closer to her two daughters. Her husband of 25 happy years died five years prior to the move. She had Kate out of wedlock to a man who gave up all parental rights. Years later, she falls in love with a man whom she marries and has a daughter with him. He adopts Kate and treats her like his own.

Kate struggles with who her biological father and why he abandoned her. This part of the story fell short. We could have read from Kates POV. She always chooses the wrong man and then hangs on to long. She often compares herself to her much younger super model sister who has it all.

There’s a darker side of the story. NY is attacked and is more brutal than 9-11. This brings Kezia to met her terrace neighbor Sam. Sam is famous (widowed) actor. They form a bond when they volunteer to help at the bombing sites.

There are side characters too. Steele has the ability to weave families and new friends into transitioning the past into the future.

Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group-Ballantine, Delacorte Press for ARC read in exchange for my honest review