Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

The OTHER book I finished last night was the audio version of The Girl He Used to Know, by Tracey Garvis Graves. I won a copy from St. Martin’s Press months ago–y’all know by now that I’m still trying to catch up on books–and jumped at the chance to borrow the audio from my library in order to expedite my reading. I don’t read a lot of contemporary romance, being more of a historical kind of girl, but Annika and Jonathan made for an appealing couple, and I enjoyed this one. It’s definitely got a bit of a Jane Eyre vibe–near-perfect male figure falling in love and being endlessly patient with female figure that doesn’t match his place in society, until events at the end help even up their relationship–but Annika’s hard-won independence and her relationships with her family (and Janice) fleshed out the story in unexpected but appreciated ways for me. I haven’t enough firsthand experience to know if Annika’s autism is realistically portrayed, but as an average person, I enjoyed her and Jonathan’s journey. This was a sensitive, deliberate read that I thoroughly enjoyed.