A review by eowynn01
Between Then and Now, by Zoe York
4.0
Not sure I would call this story a romance, more drama to me. This novella is about 2 couples having a rough go in their marriage after 8 years of bumping along the the way.
Now, I have never been married but I have been in relationships... is this the same? No and yes. I saw the red flags that I could have had I not turned down all requests received in the past by previous partners. I do not regret it, or this story would of been mine come to life. This is another reason this book pulls me to it and felt to real for me as I read.
Some great things in the book, we don't have a love swept romance that burns, it is slow and learning. (in a almost 2 hour read)
The wife deals with a ton of regrets and emotions, not always leaving the past but living in it.
A husband who doesn't communicate well to his wife and torments' himself thinking he is not good enough.
We have hot topic issues that do cause lots of divorce -money, kids (quantity/lack off), mischances and misunderstandings from the LACK of communication. Is this why marriages fail? No, there are many other reason out there, for me it would always be the money. (I am not a tightwad but if they spend more then me within reasons, they get a couple red flags)
One thing I think this author did well was imply how important communication is in a marriage, this my save you some therapy bills. This may be a short book, and again I am not married nor have I been, but I think she did well on a struggling married couple working things out together and bumping along the way doing it.
Now, I have never been married but I have been in relationships... is this the same? No and yes. I saw the red flags that I could have had I not turned down all requests received in the past by previous partners. I do not regret it, or this story would of been mine come to life. This is another reason this book pulls me to it and felt to real for me as I read.
Some great things in the book, we don't have a love swept romance that burns, it is slow and learning. (in a almost 2 hour read)
The wife deals with a ton of regrets and emotions, not always leaving the past but living in it.
A husband who doesn't communicate well to his wife and torments' himself thinking he is not good enough.
We have hot topic issues that do cause lots of divorce -money, kids (quantity/lack off), mischances and misunderstandings from the LACK of communication. Is this why marriages fail? No, there are many other reason out there, for me it would always be the money. (I am not a tightwad but if they spend more then me within reasons, they get a couple red flags)
One thing I think this author did well was imply how important communication is in a marriage, this my save you some therapy bills. This may be a short book, and again I am not married nor have I been, but I think she did well on a struggling married couple working things out together and bumping along the way doing it.