A review by suannelaqueur
Thursdays at Coconuts by Beth Carter

4.0

This was a well-written, fun read about three longtime friends who gather weekly at a bar for "friendapy" over drinks. Might have been formulaic and clichŽd circumstances except the characters and situations were so strongly developed. I appreciated that although each woman had issues in her romantic/personal life, every one of the three was an expert in their particular career field. Seriously, it was a breath of fresh air to read about women not searching for their niche, but already established as competent, crack professionals. And only one of them had kids. Ha. Lean into that. Two things that gave me pause (no spoilers): the whole situation with the Montgomery brothers had such hairpin plot turns, that by the end of the book I trusted neither of them. And the way Suzy's plot line wrapped up with her old flame was not believable or realistic at all to me. I confess I rolled my eyes there. HOWEVER, those things aside, the characters and their circumstances saved it for me, and made this a worthwhile read over the weekend. I enjoyed it over many cups of tea.