Book Review Club - November 2021

This month I will be reviewing The Husbands by Chandler Baker.  As I was reading it I just kept thinking what my elevator pitch for this book would be.  Think The Stepford Wives (for husbands) meets Get Out and you'll have a pretty good idea what this book is like.

Nora Spangler is an attorney on the partner track at her firm.  You know how people say you should dress for the job you want rather than the job you have?  Well Nora seems to be wanting to live the life she wants versus the one she can afford.  She finds a house she wants in Dynasty Ranch, an exclusive suburban neighborhood, but she's having difficulty convincing her husband to even look at the house, much less move there.

The women in the neighborhood are all successful women, top of their fields, and have kind and considerate husbands.  When Nora finally gets her husband to meet some of the people, she witnesses a noticeable change in him - he helps out more around the house and is more accommodating to her needs and desires.  She's excited about the positive impact the husbands in Dynasty Ranch seem to be having on her husband.

It was interesting to see how this played out but I will say this, Nora is NOT someone I would want representing me in a legal situation.  It was hard to believe she would be on a partnership track at a law firm.  And for me, that was the least believable thing in this book, in my opinion.

But otherwise, I thought it was an interesting book and would recommend it.

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