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A review by brianne_k
If You Ask Me by Libby Hubscher
3.0
Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy. This did not affect my rating.
*3/5*
If You Ask Me is a fun rom-com. I could actually see it being a Netflix movie.
We follow Violet, an advice columnist who writes Dear Sweetie and upon learning some good career
news, goes home early to surprise her husband. Only he is the one to surprise her, by being in bed with another woman – effectively blowing up Violet’s life and their marriage.
Violet tries *unsuccessfully* to keep it together but so many little things just seem to go wrong, and she tends to make bad errors of judgement while in distress. The first of many these bad errors of judgement, Violet sets a few of her husband’s belongings on fire in the middle of the cul-de-sac. She does end up meeting the hunky firefighter Dez though.
Dez is kind, funny, caring, and gorgeous. He comes back to check on Violet later and there is a spark (heh heh).
Throughout the book, Violet makes some bad decisions. Her columns become more... unhinged? I get
that she is going through it. Girl has had it rough. But there is a line and Violet toes that line dangerously close and then is pushed over it. At that point, I was losing respect for her. I didn’t care that she was cheated on, what happened could have had major repercussions for herself and for the ones around her. I don’t think that Violet did enough to atone and come back from that. Another woman in this book did some shady stuff too (and this is not the woman who Violet’s husband Sam was cheating on her with), and I don’t think she deserved to be let off the hook either! All those plots wrapped up too nicely.
Dez… Dez is a dream! But he just always seemed to be there. I get that they lived a couple blocks apart,
but all the coincidental meetings were a bit much. However – their beach day?! TO DIE FOR. Taking her to the State Fair to ride the Tower of Doom to let Violet scream out her frustrations?! LOVED IT!!! Man was absolutely nailing it.
Some things I did love about this were the talks about infertility. It is a hard topic to write, and I like that the author didn’t magically make Violet fertile once she was with the right man and *boom* magically she can get pregnant.
I will continue to read Libby Hubscher’s books because I really enjoy her writing and I like her plots.
*3/5*
If You Ask Me is a fun rom-com. I could actually see it being a Netflix movie.
We follow Violet, an advice columnist who writes Dear Sweetie and upon learning some good career
news, goes home early to surprise her husband. Only he is the one to surprise her, by being in bed with another woman – effectively blowing up Violet’s life and their marriage.
Violet tries *unsuccessfully* to keep it together but so many little things just seem to go wrong, and she tends to make bad errors of judgement while in distress. The first of many these bad errors of judgement, Violet sets a few of her husband’s belongings on fire in the middle of the cul-de-sac. She does end up meeting the hunky firefighter Dez though.
Dez is kind, funny, caring, and gorgeous. He comes back to check on Violet later and there is a spark (heh heh).
Throughout the book, Violet makes some bad decisions. Her columns become more... unhinged? I get
that she is going through it. Girl has had it rough. But there is a line and Violet toes that line dangerously close and then is pushed over it. At that point, I was losing respect for her. I didn’t care that she was cheated on, what happened could have had major repercussions for herself and for the ones around her. I don’t think that Violet did enough to atone and come back from that. Another woman in this book did some shady stuff too (and this is not the woman who Violet’s husband Sam was cheating on her with), and I don’t think she deserved to be let off the hook either! All those plots wrapped up too nicely.
Dez… Dez is a dream! But he just always seemed to be there. I get that they lived a couple blocks apart,
but all the coincidental meetings were a bit much. However – their beach day?! TO DIE FOR. Taking her to the State Fair to ride the Tower of Doom to let Violet scream out her frustrations?! LOVED IT!!! Man was absolutely nailing it.
Some things I did love about this were the talks about infertility. It is a hard topic to write, and I like that the author didn’t magically make Violet fertile once she was with the right man and *boom* magically she can get pregnant.
I will continue to read Libby Hubscher’s books because I really enjoy her writing and I like her plots.