Rachel, Out of Office

by Christina Hovland

[Berls]

I am so glad I decided to pick up this series! While I enjoy the books with the young new love, it's nice to get into a book that feels more familiar to my life. This was so relatable and fun!

I loved Rachel. I GOT Rachel. She's a single mom of Twins (that part I can only imagine) who is trying to do it all. By herself --> that's the part I really got. There's this scene where it's time to cleanup from the twins birthday party and people are offering to help her clean up and she's resistant. Because if she does it, it will be done right. Otherwise, it might be done wrong. And I am SO guilty of that. But she grows so much over the course of this book and I really enjoyed watching Travis help bring that growth out of her.

The relationships -- the friendships, the ex, his family, the mom-in-law, the twins -- were what made this book. The interactions were so fun and I laughed out loud quite a bit. The mom-in-law with her fake cat was particularly hilarious. You have to read it to understand but OMG.

Just a really sweet, fun, funny story and I'm really looking forward to reading the next book.

The narration by Petrea Burchard was really good - she delivered solid, distinct character voices. I listened at my normal 2x speed and it was a really enjoyable listen.