A review by kittykornerlibrarian
Now That You Mention It by Kristan Higgins

4.0

I read it in two days... nothing pulls me in like a Kristan Higgins novel. The voices and the characters are genuine and down-to-earth. I am starting to notice what I might consider an unfortunate trope in her books, which is Young Woman Doesn't Find Happiness in the Big City So She Leaves for Small Town America and Finds Happiness There. I guess that's what a lot of people do; live in the city when they're young and cool and head out to suburbia later on, but it's getting to be a little bit of a disappointment for me to keep seeing it. I enjoyed this very much in spite of that. I liked Nora Stuart's voice as a narrator, as the novel is written in first-person, and I especially enjoyed watching her change over the years and grow into herself. This takes place a little bit in Boston and mostly in an island community off the coast of Maine. I don't love small-town stories but I did enjoy this. It's about romance and friendship and self-acceptance. Such a nice, nice read.