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A review by obsidian_blue
When Girlfriends Find Love by Savannah Page
3.0
I have been reading the "When Girlfriends..." series for the past year or so. This series is about a group of six girlfriends who all met in college and have remained close and live in Seattle. The group of girls consists of Sophie, Robin, Lara, Clarie, Emily, and Jackie.
"When Girlfriends Break Hearts" was novel #1 in this series and it was kind of a rocky novel in my start. I thought that Ms. Page had an interesting premise but I thought some of the characters needed to be developed.
"When Girlfriends Step Up" was novel #2 in the series. I really thought having this novel focus on Robin was a smart move due to the events that happened in the preceding novel. I didn't think I would be a fan of hers but I honestly ended up loving this character.
"When Girlfriends Make Choices" was novel #3 and focused on the character of Lara. I actually felt for Lara throughout this novel due to the choices that she makes that begin to have an impact on her, her friendships, and her job.
"When Girlfriends Chase Dreams" was novel #4 and focuses on the character of Claire. Clarie for me was the most annoying character (next to Jackie) in the girlfriend group. She grew on me a little bit in this novel but pretty much ruined any warm feelings I had for her in the next three novels. She is 100 percent childish about certain things and I felt like she would get old quick.
"When Girlfriends Take Chances" was novel #5 and focuses on my favorite character, Emily. Emily is a globe trotting trust fund baby who has a unique perspective on life and what she wants out of it. Since I used to travel a lot a few years ago I can honestly say that Emily's novels brought out my wanderlust again.
"When Girlfriends Let Go" was novel #6 and focuses on the character of Jackie. Jackie's novel in my eyes could have been so much more but just had uneven character development and an ending that I was honestly surprised by. Next to Clarie I think that Jackie ended up just becoming my least favorite of the girls.
"When Girlfriends Find Love" is the final novel in the series and it ends focusing on the character of Sophie. I honestly found the novel focusing on Sophie to be the weakest out of the series but did up until this novel like the character of Sophie.
I think the main reason why this novel ultimately did not work for me was that I found that there were a lot of characters telling Sophie what she should do with regards to her love life but I honestly did not find her and the other love interest in the novel believable at all. I was afraid that this was the way the novel would go when I saw hints of it in the other novels which is why I think it would have been a good idea for Ms. Page to throw in an entirely new character to have Sophie actually become involved with.
It also didn't help that there was way too many info dumps going on via the character of Sophie too. I think the entire first chapter was just inside Sophie's head and there is no dialogue at all. i just found myself getting extremely bored while reading this sadly. There was no real tension while reading this novel since the ending was a foregone conclusion.
I really think it would have been a great idea to have this novel have all of the girls that we have come to know and love alternate chapters especially because this is the last novel in the series. That way we could follow up with all of them and we can actually see what is going on with them instead of them regurgitating information at Sophie. There were so many interesting plot-lines that I felt like got the short end of the stick just so we can have Sophie flash-backing to her previous relationship and romantic dalliances.
I still think Ms. Page is a talented writer I just which she had stretched herself with this novel a bit more.
"When Girlfriends Break Hearts" was novel #1 in this series and it was kind of a rocky novel in my start. I thought that Ms. Page had an interesting premise but I thought some of the characters needed to be developed.
"When Girlfriends Step Up" was novel #2 in the series. I really thought having this novel focus on Robin was a smart move due to the events that happened in the preceding novel. I didn't think I would be a fan of hers but I honestly ended up loving this character.
"When Girlfriends Make Choices" was novel #3 and focused on the character of Lara. I actually felt for Lara throughout this novel due to the choices that she makes that begin to have an impact on her, her friendships, and her job.
"When Girlfriends Chase Dreams" was novel #4 and focuses on the character of Claire. Clarie for me was the most annoying character (next to Jackie) in the girlfriend group. She grew on me a little bit in this novel but pretty much ruined any warm feelings I had for her in the next three novels. She is 100 percent childish about certain things and I felt like she would get old quick.
"When Girlfriends Take Chances" was novel #5 and focuses on my favorite character, Emily. Emily is a globe trotting trust fund baby who has a unique perspective on life and what she wants out of it. Since I used to travel a lot a few years ago I can honestly say that Emily's novels brought out my wanderlust again.
"When Girlfriends Let Go" was novel #6 and focuses on the character of Jackie. Jackie's novel in my eyes could have been so much more but just had uneven character development and an ending that I was honestly surprised by. Next to Clarie I think that Jackie ended up just becoming my least favorite of the girls.
"When Girlfriends Find Love" is the final novel in the series and it ends focusing on the character of Sophie. I honestly found the novel focusing on Sophie to be the weakest out of the series but did up until this novel like the character of Sophie.
I think the main reason why this novel ultimately did not work for me was that I found that there were a lot of characters telling Sophie what she should do with regards to her love life but I honestly did not find her and the other love interest in the novel believable at all. I was afraid that this was the way the novel would go when I saw hints of it in the other novels which is why I think it would have been a good idea for Ms. Page to throw in an entirely new character to have Sophie actually become involved with.
It also didn't help that there was way too many info dumps going on via the character of Sophie too. I think the entire first chapter was just inside Sophie's head and there is no dialogue at all. i just found myself getting extremely bored while reading this sadly. There was no real tension while reading this novel since the ending was a foregone conclusion.
I really think it would have been a great idea to have this novel have all of the girls that we have come to know and love alternate chapters especially because this is the last novel in the series. That way we could follow up with all of them and we can actually see what is going on with them instead of them regurgitating information at Sophie. There were so many interesting plot-lines that I felt like got the short end of the stick just so we can have Sophie flash-backing to her previous relationship and romantic dalliances.
I still think Ms. Page is a talented writer I just which she had stretched herself with this novel a bit more.