A review by youval
Bed and Breakup by Susie Dumond

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

When Molly returns to Eureka Springs, Arkansas to create some stained glass windows for her old friends' businesses, the last thing she expects is to see her ex-wife, Robin, in the old B&B that they still co-own. Robin's restaurants did not survive covid lockdown, so she has returned to the Hummingbird Inn to lick her wounds and decide what is next in her celebrity chef career. After each trying to push the other off their shared property and neither budging, they begrudgingly decide to renovate the inn together so they can sell it and end their marriage and partnership in one fell swoop. In the process, they see that the inn is not the only thing they're repairing.

Bed and Breakup is filled with so much heart - Molly and Robin have both been so hurt by the world around them, by circumstances outside their control, by each other, and by themselves, and yet they each find ways to love themselves and the world around them. I loved watching Molly and Robin figure out their second chance and discover what it was they truly wanted. Among all the heart, there was also a lot of humor - I found myself laughing out loud about haunted dolls and a perfectly placed Ali Krieger/Ashlyn Harris reference.

Susie Dumond has written another stunner, thank you NetGalley and Dial Press for the eARC!