OUR REVIEW:
I am a sucker for an Elissa Sussman book and Totally and Completely Fine did not disappoint. While Lauren and her family made me a little nutso because of their inability to talk about how they feel about almost anything, I was rooting for them all to get their shit together and figure some stuff out. These completely likable people were making me crazy because I wanted them to be okay (or more okay) and to quit repressing everything. I wanted them to not just survive, but thrive. Enter Ben. The perfect disrupter. He charmed his way into the hearts and lives of all of them and you couldn't help but hope that somehow, someway he'd manage to make them (and him) all okay. He wasn't the savior, but he was a source of conflict and action and the only thing that would've made him better in this novel, is if I'd had a look into what was going on in his mind.
I enjoyed the cross over between Gabe and Lauren. I enjoyed the flashbacks mixed in with the current day story. I enjoyed the secondary characters and all they brought to the novel....essentially I enjoyed it all. I'll definitely read anything Elissa Sussman writes, so here's to hoping she has something new out soon.
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SYNOPSIS:
In her small Montana hometown, Lauren Parker has assumed a few different roles: teenage hellraiser; sister of superstar Gabe Parker; and most recently, tragically widowed single mother. She’s never cared much about labels or what people thought about her, but dealing with her grief has slowly revealed that she’s become adrift in her own life.
Then she meets the devilishly handsome actor Ben Walsh on the set of her brother’s new movie. They have instant chemistry, and Lauren realizes that it has been far too long since someone has really and truly seen her. Her rebellious spirit spurs her to dive headfirst into her desire, but when a sexy encounter becomes something more, Lauren finds herself balancing old roles and new possibilities.
There’s still plenty to contend with: small-town rumors, the complications of Ben’s fame, and her daughter’s unpredictable moods. An unexpected fling seemed simple at the time—so when did everything with Ben get so complicated? And is there enough room in her life for the woman Lauren wants to be? Alternating between Lauren’s past with Spencer and her present with Ben, Totally and Completely Fine illuminates what it means to find a life-changing love and be true to oneself in the process.
In her small Montana hometown, Lauren Parker has assumed a few different roles: teenage hellraiser; sister of superstar Gabe Parker; and most recently, tragically widowed single mother. She’s never cared much about labels or what people thought about her, but dealing with her grief has slowly revealed that she’s become adrift in her own life.
Then she meets the devilishly handsome actor Ben Walsh on the set of her brother’s new movie. They have instant chemistry, and Lauren realizes that it has been far too long since someone has really and truly seen her. Her rebellious spirit spurs her to dive headfirst into her desire, but when a sexy encounter becomes something more, Lauren finds herself balancing old roles and new possibilities.
There’s still plenty to contend with: small-town rumors, the complications of Ben’s fame, and her daughter’s unpredictable moods. An unexpected fling seemed simple at the time—so when did everything with Ben get so complicated? And is there enough room in her life for the woman Lauren wants to be? Alternating between Lauren’s past with Spencer and her present with Ben, Totally and Completely Fine illuminates what it means to find a life-changing love and be true to oneself in the process.
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