About Grown-Up Pose:
IMHO: Grown-Up Pose
Anusha is a typical mom who's thrown everything into raising her daughter and realized she's not happy in supposedly perfect life. Now, she's trying to branch out on her own for the first time as she separates from her husband and disappointed parental figures on both sides of the aisle.
- Enjoyable
- Emotional
- Anusha is flawed and I was rooting for her to grow up and get what she wanted
- Jenny is the stand out BFF, smart, funny, and part of the plot unlike the bland married one
- Imogen is like a manic pixie dream girl until things crash in the climax & she gets better
- Neil irritated the crap out of me at first. Giant man baby. But like the rest of the adults, he grows too
- Kanika is adorable, but not the main focus, thank gods.
- Love Anusha's journey, grappling with losing herself in motherhood.
- And grieving for the path not chosen, what might've been
- Happy Ending
Grown-up Pose is for modern romance fans looking for a woman growing through crisis, proving it might be too late for some paths, but it's never too late to be happy. I don't read many adult romances so I'm actually looking to get some recommendations instead of giving them this time.
Favorite Quotes:
She was used to the guilt; it was the pain she was still coming to grips with.
It fell to the floor, and nobody else heard it shatter.
"The weird thing is," Jenny said, glancing at her phone,"if he'd just kissed me on my mouth, I probably would have slept with him."
Kanika signed sarcastically, imitating the way Jenny often did. "I don't understand grown-ups."
"You weren't boring me, Anu. You were boring yourself."
"My date etiquette is old enough to have her period."
About the Author:
This review was originally posted on The Layaway Dragon