THE FRIENDSHIP LIST by Susan Mallery

 

HQN Books
March 30^th, 2021
978-1335652965
Contemporary Romance, Women’s Fiction
Paperback
Reviewed by Dawn (love2read28@gmail.com)
Obtained by Self-Purchase
3.5 Hearts

For single mom Ellen Fox, raising her son was a joy as well as hard work but as he starts his senior year at high school and decides on a college, Ellen overhears him say he can’t go to his dream school as his mom needs him way too much. When Ellen hears that she is determined to make it a reality for him as well as show her son that she will be just fine without him as he begins to figure out how to achieve his best life.  So, her best friend, Unity Leandre, creates a list of challenges for them both to do as each is stuck in their lives and this just might get them the motivation to move forward again. But as these two best friends discover, when they find who they are again, they discover that life is more than just staying still, it’s meant to be lived with joy and love even with regrettable tattoos.

I adore Susan Mallery’s books and her latest book, THE FRIENDSHIP LIST delivers a story filled with humor, love and more as two women try to rediscover who they are again even as they work on a bucket list of challenges that will give them motivation beyond their wildest dreams even as they try to move forward with themselves. The story is more about single mom Ellen it’s also about Unity’s life or her life stuck in the past even as the future beckons. Both women need courage to take the risk of moving forward and with Ms. Mallery’s trademark style, the reader is transfixed as these two go on their journey, complete with sexy men wanting them and regrettable tattoos aside. It’s a fast-paced ride from start to finish with captivating characters and a story that will steal your heart.  What I loved about this book was the love between Unity and Ellen as well as the cast of characters that just made me giggle at times with complete abandon. I know I am not the only one who just loved Unity’s retired friend, Dagmar the most.

THE FRIENDSHIP LIST is more than two friends finding out who they are again but about taking a chance- on love, on life and a future even if that future is a bit murky at the moment. Susan Mallery delivers another standout story that I highly recommend and can not wait to see if she writes more in this little town as it was so entertaining.

This is an objective review and not an endorsement.