REVIEW:

I have enjoyed all of the books that I’ve read by Casey Dembowski and The First Love Myth is no exception. I couldn’t keep my nose out of this book. It was really good in the end and that is what counts right? Oh! Don’t get me wrong, it was not just the end that was good. The whole book was good or I would have had a hard time staying engaged.

This book has a lot going on. There are a lot of relationships and they intertwine a bit. The chapters rotate between characters. I think Liz is the main character because most of the relationships revolve around her. There are her divorced parents and two sisters and all of their significant other relationships. I had to pay attention to who was who and I don’t think it was hard. I just think my old brain is sometimes a little slow.

There are some interesting characters and some of them you would like to wring their neck. There are some complicated situations and that is what kept my interest. I did like how all of it wound up. It was not tied up all pretty like a Christmas present. It was surprising to me. Let me know what you think.

Casey’s books remind me what young love is like and it makes me remember my own experiences and feelings. Young adult love is not always easy. Some of us marry young and we are still growing up. It helps if you grow together with your person and breaks your heart if you grow in different directions. You probably aim to grow together, but it doesn’t always happen. 

If you like a book that delves into relationships at a deeper level and one that has many different relationships, then this is a book for your nightstand. I think this is one you may like to have in your collection. Until next time…Happy Reading!

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SYNOPSIS:

Liz Madden has a storybook romance—high school sweethearts, second chances, and a happily-ever-after. But when she finds out that her husband cheated on her, she is forced to make the hard decision and walk away. Unable to reveal the betrayal to those closest to her, Liz instead takes refuge with her father and half-sister, Zoey.

Zoey is nursing her own broken heart after a devastating end to her first love. But true to Reid-sister heritage, she’s courting disaster with a no-strings-attached affair with her ex.

Liz’s marital discord also brings their older sister, Cecilia, back to town. But Cecilia has complicated relationship issues of her own. She’s never forgiven their father for the affair he had seventeen years ago, and she’s also never accepted Zoey as part of the family.

As their respective heartbreaks draw Liz and Zoey closer together, Liz finds she is getting tired of walking the line between her two sisters.

The Reid sisters are each in over their heads. To make it through the summer, they’ll have to heal the fractures between them. Sometimes, forgiveness isn’t always a straight line, and letting go is the only way forward.

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