Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild

 

My thoughts

For a debut this is really good. I was pulled right into the story. It has the best first chapter ever. The end of the first chapter literally made me gasp out loud. I didn't see it coming. 

This is a story of love. Also a story of loss. It's the story of a family. Tom, Honor and their daughter Chloe. They are on vacation in Paris. Honor promised to be there for her family but she can't stop wondering if the surrogate they hired is pregnant yet. She wants a baby so bad. A sibling for Chloe. Tom is so aggravated that he tells her he doesn't want another baby with her. But does he mean it? What will she do?

I can't say to much about this story or I'll give away things that you need to read for yourself. I will say that I think the author did a fantastic job of writing this book. She captured my attention and my heart. Made me shed some tears and even gave a laugh or two. It has some intense parts and some parts that aggravated me to know end. 

I did not like Tom. Not at all throughout the whole book. He was, in my opinion, a weak man. Somewhat of a sissy boy. He was a liar and whined to much. I understand his reasons for holding back some things from Grace but good grief. He just grated on my nerves. I adored Honor. I was all set to hate her mother until something comes out about her. Then I understood. So did Honor I do believe. 

This book starts out around Christmas time. It takes you through a lot. There are a few secondary characters. Some I liked and one I really detested. I mean she just did her thing out of the blue it seemed. That needed more work. Maybe she had a mental problem. Yes, that is what was wrong. Maybe. I really liked the Sunday Blues brigade too. A group of women who were widows. 

Now I wonder if: When Tom first met Grace if he had been honest where would things have gone. Nowhere and fast. I understand him holding back. But he also had so many chances much later. 

Good story. Emotional, funny, aggravating, happy, in love. So many emotions. I did like this story a lot. I hated Lauren and Tom but the rest of the characters I liked a lot. Even Honor's mother. I also adored Henry. 

This story is basically told by Honor and goes from before Paris to while in Paris. 

Thank you #StMartinsPress, #Macmillianaudio for this ARC. 

Four stars and well worth reading 

About

Honor seems to have everything. She adores her daughter Chloe and her husband Tom (even if he does work one hundred hours a week). But her longing for another baby threatens to eclipse all of it―until a shocking event changes their lives forever.

Years later Tom makes a decision that ripples through their families' lives in ways he could not have foreseen. As the consequences of that fateful choice unfold, two women's paths become irrevocably intertwined. But when old love clashes with new, who will be left standing? And what happens when your secrets come back to haunt you?