I found myself grappling while reading this book. I never really felt the struggle and the angst that I , as the reader, was intended to feel. I didn't connect with Elizabeth (Ellie), nor did I feel a great deal of emotion toward her plight. I was thoroughly pissed off at her that she choose to enter into a relationship with Aidan without telling him the truth about her situation much sooner. How do you move in with a guy and not happen to mention that you have a husband who just happens to be lying in a coma? I also think the relationship with Aidan was much for of a show than a tell, and it would have been more impactful had we seen why she fell in love for him. All in all, the writing itself was well done, but the storytelling promised more than it delivered for me.

Can you be in love with two people at the same time, and have it be successful? This is the dilemma that thirty-six-year-old Elizabeth Evans-Klein finds herself in when she can't help but love two men at the same time.

In Hungry For Love, Elizabeth Klein is at a crossroads in her life. Elizabeth's husband Jesse, a fashion designer, has been in a coma for close to two years after a freak accident, leaving her feeling all alone and resentful that she can't move forward with her life. She also is fed up with being a dentist in her father's practice, they have a tense relationship, and what she really wants to do is become a cookie baker. Then there is the trauma of her mother's death due to breast cancer when Elizabeth was seven years old that has her in therapy sessions for hypochondria. Add in the family drama with her younger step-sister Jodie, and Elizabeth's therapist tells her that she needs to make a change in her life, she needs to take a break from everything and do something for herself. Who would have thought that a trip to the local zoo and a chance meeting with Australian zoo curator and divorced dad Aidan Sparks would lead to friendship and love? Just when Elizabeth was beginning to feel loved and happy again, Jesse comes out of the coma ... leaving her with a dilemma: she's in love with two men at the same time! Unable to decide who to choose to give her heart to, Elizabeth thinks that maybe she needs both men to love her because she is just that hungry for love.

Hungry For Love is an intriguing women's fiction story about the complexity of a woman's personal and professional life. Author Maya Sacher takes the reader into the inner workings of Elizabeth's life and the intertwining dilemmas that she faces. From flashbacks to Elizabeth and Jesse's relationship/marriage, to her ongoing family drama with her father, step-mother, and step-sister, to the exciting new relationship with Aidan, the reader goes along for the ride on the emotional roller coaster ride as Elizabeth deals with a variety of life dilemmas, choices, and decisions that not only will affect her but the other people in her life as well.

I really enjoyed reading this multi-layered story. I couldn't help but become intrigued by the love triangle, and how Elizabeth, Jesse, and Aidan each dealt with their emotional relationship arrangement. Add in the intensity of Elizabeth's family drama and the origin of her hypochondria, this is a realistic story that will make you wonder how you would handle these inner life dilemma's if you were in Elizabeth's shoes.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of the book from the author via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

RATING: 4 STARS

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This book did not grab me into it as many books do. I felt the title of the book was very true as the main character was hungry for love. She had the love with her husband who ends up in a coma. She then meets Aidan who brings something to her life, a different kind of love than her husband. What I think lacked was the development of the connect between Aidan and the main character. I just didn't feel the romance between them. Then after 2 years her husband wakes up from his coma. The love between characters is tested. It did make you definitely ponder how it would feel if you were put in that situation from all sides. This particular aspect was very well written. A reader is definitely made to feel the confusion in the characters dealing with this. I just didn't relate to this novel or get hooked in it.

A woman falls in love while her husband is in a coma, and then her husband wakes up. . . of course. The first part consists of this new romance, but once her husband’s setting is introduced, it’s on to flashbacks about how they met.
There’s some good stuff here. Right off the bat I enjoyed the writing, which had a smoothness. The author instantly got on my good side by agreeing with me about Tolkien.
But the more I read, the less I liked. At first I felt sympathy for her, understood what she was going through. That was made even more so by the fact her two blood relatives—her father and her half-sister—are such jerks to her, and the only solace she gets is from her stepmom. But when she didn’t tell her new lover about her husband when she moved in, all sympathy was over. Even worse, the way both men behaved. . . let’s just say neither is much of a prize. Soon Jesse will no longer be allowed to blame the coma for being a jerk. Nor can Aiden blame her not telling him about Jesse; either he forgives her and moves on, or doesn’t and breaks up with her, but his passive-aggressive crap makes it seem like his daughter is the more mature member of the family. Frankly, she would have done better to start over with someone else.
I don’t want to say I was bored, but I certainly wasn’t interested in these people’s lives. I’m sure she was supposed to come across as some kind of great martyr to put up with everything around her, but that’s not how it struck me. I simply got to the point where I no longer cared.
2.5 pushed up to 3/5

Although on the surface this story looks like a Love triangle but, Hungry for Love runs deeper than just an overwhelming need to be loved.
It is a story of relationships, mistakes made and life.
This is a premise that kicks off the plot of Hungry for Love, raising interesting questions before its characters and readers alike because you can't help but ponder the situation as you read, trying to decide what's right and wrong and wondering to see what happens next.
Overall this book left me wanting to know more and kept me turning the page.

I was very surprised with this book. I wasn't really sure what to expect but it was really good. Elizabeth is at such a crossroads with her life after her husband went into a coma and when she finally becomes okay with how her life is finally going it gets turned upside down again. I'm not sure what I would do in her position with her heart being pulled two different ways. I was surprised by the ending also. It's not one that I would of thought and need to read more about how they are doing.

I really enjoyed this book! I didn't know a ton about the author before but I would for sure read more of her work! It was a captivating story and an easy read!

There were moments in the book where i wanted two boyfriends in my life too. There were also moments where i understood why women only had one in their life because they're a bunch of babies. This story made me have different emotions ,and i loved them. I laughed,cried,felt angry,and mostly i felt happy and loved.

Hungry for Love by Maya Sacher
Starts out with Elizabeth Evans and she's watching the flags and knows they symbolize hope and faith.
Her husband Jessie Klein she's visiting at the intensive brain facility. Was such a nonesense accident that left him this way.
She continues to perform dental procedures at her dad's dental practice.
She lost her husband but his body was still living...helped her when she baked cookies.
They had met at a book signing and she noticed his tat on his neck. He knew his fashion and designers.
Story goes back even further to their upbringings, their meeting and their dating.
Loved hearing of the snow leopards and the things the zoo did for their comfort.
Aiden takes her out of her comfort zone and she likes that he pays attention to her. Her sister finds out and is happy she has moved on because Jessie is not there. He wants her to bond with his daughter.
The living mess starts when Jessie wakes up and as she sublet their place he will go live with her and Aiden and the daughter
What struck me at this point is the men aren't having an argument about who gets her for sex and what nights but it riles her as they can't show affection in any form towards one another while the other is in the room.
She's at a crossroads also in her job and wants something different and confronts her father. Her sister is also mixed up in everything....
Lots of twists and turns and unpredictable situations.
Didn't see the ending at all the way it comes out, whoa!
I received this review book from Net Galley and this is my honest opinion.