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A review by melannrosenthal
I Take You by Eliza Kennedy
4.0
Ahh I had a lot of fun with this read. Not your average chick lit.
It has accumulated several terribly unflattering reviews and I didn't know why as, from the start, I was laughing often at the audacity of the main character, Lily. In the beginning it seems like Kennedy has painted another formulaic "she has it all, but..." scenario, but this New York lawyer and all-around philanderer/party girl has a bit more comedy paired with the inner turmoil which, in this case, focused on whether or not Lily does love her fiancé Will, or if she's just trying to keep herself accountable for her sexcapades (and not become her often-married-more-often-divorced father) by settling down instead of continuing to fool around. The book starts 1 week before their wedding date and there is MUCH deliberation between Lily and her best friend Freddy as well as unwanted advice from Lily's mother, grandmother and 2 stepmothers. Chapter to chapter Lily's own plan and feelings fluctuate in tandem with, then in spite of the advice she receives- until a bombshell revelation 2 days before the nuptials.
Seems like other recent reads ([b:Mr. & Mrs. American Pie|36411207|Mr. & Mrs. American Pie|Juliet McDaniel|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1530035532s/36411207.jpg|58106429] and [b:When Katie Met Cassidy|36412963|When Katie Met Cassidy|Camille Perri|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1508008435s/36412963.jpg|52357552], even [b:Pretend I'm Dead|25490313|Pretend I'm Dead|Jen Beagin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1430943726s/25490313.jpg|45264934]) had prepared me well for this sort of tongue-in-cheek exploration on the double standard thrown at women who cheat and thoroughly enjoy sex. I flew through it, desperate to see if Lily would actually walk away, if she would try to be "better", or if she'd fully self-destruct.
It has accumulated several terribly unflattering reviews and I didn't know why as, from the start, I was laughing often at the audacity of the main character, Lily. In the beginning it seems like Kennedy has painted another formulaic "she has it all, but..." scenario, but this New York lawyer and all-around philanderer/party girl has a bit more comedy paired with the inner turmoil which, in this case, focused on whether or not Lily does love her fiancé Will, or if she's just trying to keep herself accountable for her sexcapades (and not become her often-married-more-often-divorced father) by settling down instead of continuing to fool around. The book starts 1 week before their wedding date and there is MUCH deliberation between Lily and her best friend Freddy as well as unwanted advice from Lily's mother, grandmother and 2 stepmothers. Chapter to chapter Lily's own plan and feelings fluctuate in tandem with, then in spite of the advice she receives- until a bombshell revelation 2 days before the nuptials.
Seems like other recent reads ([b:Mr. & Mrs. American Pie|36411207|Mr. & Mrs. American Pie|Juliet McDaniel|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1530035532s/36411207.jpg|58106429] and [b:When Katie Met Cassidy|36412963|When Katie Met Cassidy|Camille Perri|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1508008435s/36412963.jpg|52357552], even [b:Pretend I'm Dead|25490313|Pretend I'm Dead|Jen Beagin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1430943726s/25490313.jpg|45264934]) had prepared me well for this sort of tongue-in-cheek exploration on the double standard thrown at women who cheat and thoroughly enjoy sex. I flew through it, desperate to see if Lily would actually walk away, if she would try to be "better", or if she'd fully self-destruct.