October 2017 Book Review

It's time for another book review and this month I will be reviewing Kim Gruenenfelder's Love the Wine You're With.

I'm a HUGE fan of Ms. Gruenenfelder's work and preordered this book almost THREE YEARS AGO so was like a child on Christmas morning when it finally got released and I got the email that it was on its way to me.

As with her other books, this is a book about friendships and trials and tribulations you go through in life and with your friends.  It's also told in first person POV for each or the characters, in alternating chapters so you get a good perspective of each of the characters.  Once again she told a story where I had no idea who love interests were supposed to be and even though that's typically a deal breaker for me in a book, it didn't bother me in this book . . . something about the way she tells the story.  It makes me think about how people talk about head hopping in writing and how no one but Nora Roberts can do it without it being distracting.  Kim Gruenenfelder can keep me guessing who the love interests are until the final page and I don't care - I just enjoy the ride.  :)

I was going to tell a bit about the characters and the storyline but found that the amazon blurb did it better than I could have so here is the amazon blurb on this book:

Jessie is finally about to realize her life-long goal of owning her own house, the first step to a wonderful marriage, kids, and life with her boyfriend of three years, Kevin; except after they find the perfect place, Kevin suddenly gets cold feet.

Nat is having a passionate affair with her gorgeous British boss Marc—unfortunately, he’s married. Now what?

Holly is an actress who still waits tables to pay the bills, and who is coping with the recent loss of her father. A particularly bad audition, where she snaps and tells off a big director, leads her to wonder what to do when you stop loving what you do. (And also what to do about her hot neighbor. Because, you know, hot neighbor.)

After each girl finishes a particularly awful workday, the three friends meet at their favorite wine bar, which has been sold by its owner for a huge profit and will close that night. In a moment of tipsy brazenness, Jessie suggests that the three of them open their own wine bar in the gentrifying Echo Park area of Los Angeles. An unapologetically girly place for good wine and good friends—which leads to a challenge for each woman: how do you fix a life that’s not actually broken, but needs an upgrade?

This book was fun and funny and I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning finishing it because I couldn't put it down.  It took almost three years to get to me but it was definitely worth the wait!  I highly recommend this book.

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