A review by laurenexploresbooks
Split-Level by Sande Boritz Berger

4.0

This was a story where at first the main character infuriated me because I wanted so much more for her. Alex has two sweet young girls, but is married to the immature and selfish Donny. Alex feels lost and trapped in her marriage and tries for reconciliation with her husband. Her husband does not take her communication efforts seriously, but what her husband instead pushes is for an open relationship with another couple. The problem is, is that Alex never consents to this arrangement. Alex does not feel like she has any agency to say she feels uncomfortable or to share what she needs regardless of her actual attraction to her pairing with Charlie. The chaos of their life is due to her and Donny’s complete and utter lack of communication and trust. Alex is going through the motions in her life and marriage. I appreciate how Alex grows as a character, and though I spent the majority of the book frustrated I also was rooting for her to find her own strength and voice. This is certainly a book outside of what I normally read, but I was interested in the relationships between Alex and the other characters. I received Split-Level from Netgalley in exchange for my honest feedback.