Surprise Me
Review:
A wonderful book, full of life and adventure!
A big surprise indeed! We live through the main viewpoint of Sylvie, sharing her struggles after finding out her and her husband Dan has over 68 years of marriage with each other. I thought this story was going to be a sloppy love story, something I’m not really interested in, but it was a rather fun surprise. The story shows the life of Sylvie and Dan, a happy married couple, nervous to live with each other for so long, so Sylvie thought about how they could make their love life unique whilst caring for her twin daughters, a bunch of surprises!
Sylvie comes from a “perfect” life with wealthy parents, well, one after her loving father tragically passed away, and a perfect partner, making everything entertaining, but deep down, the cracks are breaking. What is going on with Dan? Why is he leaving secrets everywhere, abandoning their love life for work, or more, it seems.
I love how the perfection gradually breaks, showing what happiness is for the couple and their lively twin girls. We discover that Sylvie’s life isn’t exactly perfect, struggling for acceptance. Something is going on in the background, especially with her husband. Dan was never fond of Sylvie’s dad, for unknown reasons, Sylvie starts suspecting something is going on when Dan and her mother start discussing secretly.
The entire book has distinct inclusions and details making the story feel realistic and full of life, with the parents or each character in between having a struggle to conquer, especially the main character: Sylvie. Although I struggle to enjoy romance books, this was an outlier with a fun and surprising story, I wouldn’t expect the author would take.
