Adulting

Book 2 of my 2023 Reading Challenge

read on January 6

Adulting

by Liz Talley

Summary (via Goodreads)

After another all-night bender, one more failed stint at rehab, and a parole violation, self-destructive actress Chase London has to deal with her demons. She’s been written off as a Hollywood casualty by almost everyone, including her own mother. But handsome superstar Spencer Rome has her back. So does an uncompromising stranger determined to start Chase at square one and help her pull her future into focus. If Chase is willing.

Life coach Olivia Han is devoted to “adulting” boot camp therapy. It’s not just her professional specialty, though—it’s also one way to avoid focusing on building a life of her own. To escape the pressures of Tinseltown, the two women head to Olivia’s cabin in the wilds of Northern California. There they discover a place in need of TLC. As they work together to rehab the once-charming cabin, they create a refuge where Chase can come to terms with her unsettled past, and where Olivia has an unexpected reckoning with her own troubling history.

For two women doing damage control, this is a time for second chances—in life, in finding love, in forgiving family, and in an emerging friendship that might be exactly what each of them needs to heal.

My Opinion

4 stars

I chose this book from Amazon First Reads awhile ago but my insomnia brought it to me today.  I'm in a hotel room with my husband so when I woke up at 4 am and wanted to read, I needed something on my e-reader to avoid turning lights on.  I ended up reading half of the book in about an hour and then finished it by the end of the day.

It was a light read but not what I expected at all.  The situations seem actually plausible and I didn't roll my eyes once.  I liked the characters and their dynamic, especially between the women (not a love triangle to be found!), and the happy endings still fit in their arc.