Title: Getting A Grip
A #MyNewLife Novel
A #MyNewLife Novel
Author: M.E. Carter
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Blurb
This isn’t my life. Okay, it is my life,
but not the way I envisioned it would be.
I wasn’t supposed to be a divorced mother of three when I
turned the big 4-0. Sure, I expected the fine lines, gray hairs and left
over baby belly. What I didn’t expect was expanding our family
get-togethers by one… my ex-husband’s new child bride. Ok, ok, she’s not
young. Maybe.
Did I mention this is not the life I planned?
It could always be worse, I know. I’m lucky to have a mother
who loves to babysit, a best friend who loves sarcasm, and a new friend by
the name of Greg, who is apparently a child whisperer and tells me my eyes are
pretty.
Sigh… Greg.
The perfect, Adonis-like God of a man who keeps flirting
with me. At least I think he’s flirting with me. It’s been so long, I don’t really
know.
Between birthday parties, a few ill-advised bouts with
make-up, and a whole slew of gymnastics classes, it’s finally time to take back
some control.
So, while my girls learn all about how to grip the bar, I’m
going to learn how to get a grip on my life. And maybe my heart.
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I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review.
First things first. Elena's ex husband is the absolute WORST. Thanks to him, her self esteem is terrible and she is constantly doubting herself. But I guess that is what happens when your husband leaves you for a younger woman. But thank god for best friends. When the book opens we meet Elena's best friend Callie. Callie is Elena's biggest cheerleader and I immediately liked her. She's hilarious, full of sass and I definitely want to be friends with her.
One day, while Callie and Elena are at their usual gym play date, they meet Greg. Oh Greg. *sigh* I'm pretty sure if DILF was in the dictionary (I checked the Oxford online...it's not), there would be a picture of Greg. (Yes, I know it's a book, but you know what I mean.) He has no trouble befriending both Callie and Elena, but it's clear that he has eyes only for Elena. Their gym meetups become a regular thing and everyone is better for it. Their kids get along like a house on fire and there were plenty of funny moments that made me laugh out loud more than once.
When Elena and Greg decide to give a relationship a shot, they are both a little awkward, but at the same time they are also very comfortable around each other. And the way their relationship progressed...everything about it just felt very real. Both single parents. Both dealing with the bullshit from their exes. Both trying overcome certain insecurities. They were just so great together!
Gah! This book! I just loved it so much. (I'll even forgive M.E....girl, you know what you did!)
Author Bio
Mother, reader, storyteller—ME Carter never set out
to write books. But when a friend practically forced a copy of Twilight into
her hands, the love of the written word she had lost as a child was rekindled.
With a story always rolling around in her head, it should come as no surprise that she finally started putting them on paper. She lives in Texas with
her four children, Mary, Elizabeth, Carter and Bug, who sadly was born long
after her pen name was created, and will probably need extensive therapy
because of it.
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