bellevue 's review for:

The Friends We Keep by Jane Green
3.0

College and beyond, Maggie, Topher, and Evvie are the epitome of best friends who love and support each other no matter what they do. After graduation, their friendship fades from inseparable to cordial, as they often do. When something unexpected and life-altering happens to one of them, it changes the dynamic of their friendship forever.
While I ultimately enjoyed most of this book, the jumping timeline and disjointed narrative made it hard for me to fully immerse myself in the writing. Although I kept reading to see if the secret was revealed and what the backlash from it might be, the various loose ends of the story and undeveloped subplots were distracting enough to have me put away the book multiple times whilst reading it.

Thank you Berkely/Penguin Publishing for this ARC.