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Life's too Short-Abby Jimenez

 


Abby Jimenez has become one of my auto-read authors. The Happy Ever After Playlist was one of my favorite books of 2020 so when I saw this book was coming out I had to have it! This book just released this past Tuesday (4-6-21) so I actually read this one in a timely manner. What's more is I read it in just one day because I didn't want to stop reading it. I am not a super fast reader like a lot of people I follow, so this is something for me. 😅

The story is about Vanessa Price, a YouTube personality and her lawyer neighbor Adrian. Honestly, though I did like both of them, I LOVED  a lot of the side characters. Vanessa's eccentric family, Adrian's assistant and curmudgeonly old dog were just *chef's kiss*. Though this book does have some sad undertones and deals with grief, it was so laugh out loud funny so many times. I read this on my kindle so I was able to highlight the things that made me laugh. My only complaint here was how often the author said the characters "snorted". Like...you can just say that laughed? Or maybe chortled? I'll snort myself if something catches me off guard, but I don't snort every single time I laugh...the word was overused to me. 

**side note: this book is set in Minnesota which is where the author lives and I think it's funny how many Minnesotan books have found me since my best friend moved there. 💖**

The book right now has a 4.49 rating on on Goodreads with a little over 2,000 ratings. I gave this book a 4/5. I would recommend to anyone who enjoys a somewhat predictable (which sometimes I gotta have..anxiety, man) romantic comedy with lovable characters and laugh out loud lines. Maybe you too will snort. 😂

Happy Reading!


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