Book Review: April May Fall by Christina Hovland
- Kristen Lewendon
- Oct 26, 2021
- 2 min read
Mommy Wars Book 3
April Davis totally has her life in order. Ha! Not really. Yes, she’s the Calm Mom—a social influencer with a reputation for showing moms how to stay calm and collected through yoga—but behind the scenes, she’s barely holding it all together. Raising tiny humans alone is exhausting, but that’s just the chewed-up cherry on the melted sundae of her life. Her kids aren’t behaving, her husband left her for his skydiving instructor, and her top knot proves she hasn’t showered in days.
Then a live video of the “always calm” April goes viral...and she’s most definitely not. Enter Jack Gibson, April’s contact at the media conglomerate that has purchased April’s brand. The too-sexy-for-his-own-good Jack will help clean up April’s viral mess, and even work with her to expand her influence, but toddler tea parties and a dog with a penchant for peeing on his shoes were definitely not part of the deal.
Now April’s calm has jumped ship quicker than her kids running from their vegetables. Not to mention, the sparks flying between her and Jack have her completely out of her depth. Forget finding her calm—April’s going to need a boatload of margaritas just to find her way back to herself again.
Each book in the Mommy Wars series is STANDALONE:
* Rachel, Out of Office
* There's Something About Molly
* April May Fall
* Everything’s Fine, Emmaline
My Review:
I’m not a mom, but there’s still so much about this book that I can relate to. Especially all the realizations April eventually comes to. I can also completely understand that there’s nothing particularly Zen-like in a divorce, and how it’s particularly difficult to find that kind of center again afterwards. I really loved getting to know these characters. We’d gotten to see glimpses of their lives in the previous books, but here we get up close and personal with April and Jack. When we were first introduced to them, I didn’t believe that they would fit together as well as they do. Jack’s ‘corporate raider’ personality seemed so at odds with April’s rapidly dissolving calm oasis. But as we got to know them and the layers peeled back, it began to make perfect sense to me. I don’t know where this series is going to take me, but I’m buckling in for the ride. I can’t wait to see what’s next.
I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book from the author through NetGalley.
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