3.75 but rounding up to 4.

This was a really sweet, fun read!

The characters were lovable and I felt like they organically found each other. The book club supported each other through it all and I enjoyed watching their relationships grow stronger! Loved that they had a “group project” (no spoilers) that really tied these ladies together by the end.

The ending felt a little rushed, but it didn’t stop me from enjoying the book!

Would make a great light vacation read. It’s a feel good story about found friendships and sticking close to each other through all of life’s joys and challenges.

Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin publishing for the ARC! Review will be posted to socials closer to pub date.

A book about second chances and starting over. Karissa moves to a new neighborhood and is ready to start a new life after her husband cheated on her with her best friend. She's got a new job as an assistant at a small publishing firm and she has two new neighbors, Alice and Margot. This book follows each of these characters along with Alice's sister Josie through the ups and downs of life. They become friends and start a book club.

I loved all the literary references sprinkled throughout. A book you could curl up with on a rainy afternoon. It was comforting. The points of view switched around a little too often for me. It is also very heavy on dialogue which isn't a favorite of mine. This was just an ok read for me.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advance review copy in return for an honest review. This book had a lot of potential but didn’t do it for me. The quick changing of characters got really confusing to me. But I did like the aspect of the books following along with it.

Four women with different hurdles. A book club and fun references to authors and books. Friendships built and grown. With all of that, I wanted to love this book more than I did. Sadly, the ending seemed rushed and somewhat contrived. Thanks #NetGalley

I was so excited to read this book because I love Sheila Roberts writing and any books about books is my favorite. The Best Life Book Club is a sweet story of three women who come together when one forms a book club. You have the older women, the sweet single mom, and of course there's always that grumpy character that you hope you can break. The woman all lead different lives and come from different backgrounds but books bring them together. I love my book club friends and getting the opportunity to read different genres I wouldn't normally be interested in, and end up loving is a real treat. Anyone in a book club can understand how much female friendships mean and how the love and support cares into your personal lives. This book did a wonderful job of capturing how the love of books brings women together.

Karissa has made a big move with her daughter far away from the disaster she left in Seattle. Her ex-husband cheated on her with her best friend and Karissa wants to make sure she lives far enough away to never run into them. New job, new town, new neighbors, new friends....it's best to look at it as a fresh new start. Karissa quickly makes friends with her neighbors and her daughters friends dad, who also happens to be her new boss! She is excited to be working for a small town publishing company and hoping she can discover new talent but there's too many admissions and not enough people to read them. Karissa decides to start a book club with her new friends and introduce them to some books she loves but the group also decides to write their own novel together. Each woman is dealing with something difficult in their life's and will work through these issues as a group. There will be some tears, some eye opening truths, and a lot of healing along the way.
The book incorporates strong female friendships, independent women, and the power that books have to bring people together

Book clubs are such a great way to connect people. The Best Life Book Club is no exception. When Karissa suffers a devastating divorce, she and her daughter, Maya, move to Gig Harbor. She has found a new job in a small publishing house and meets her new neighbors bit by bit. Alice is always happy to bake cookies; Margot has her own baggage and is unemployed, but a great listener; and then Josie, Alice's sister, joins the book club. Karissa's bosses, Shirley and Edward, have introduced her to a few of their authors - some who need help with their people skills.

As the book progresses, we find out that each of these women (who happen to be diverse ages) are dealing with something in their life that they want to change. As the book goes on, Margot is determined to bring an idea to fruition of an app that she wants to have developed. Karissa decides (with her book club friends) to write a book to take out her anger and frustration with an overbearing author - so she writes a book that will kill her off. Josie and Alice are both widows.

I loved reading this book for all the references throughout of the books they were reading and how the various books (even the fiction ones) influenced them in making important changes, and taking risks, in their lives.

I was given this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions are my own.

Sheila Robert’s hit it out of the park with this book. Wonderful heartwarming and heartbreaking read. We follow four women as they come together and form a book club. Two are in their late fifties, sisters and widowed. Two are in their thirties, one recently divorced newly moved to the neighborhood with her young daughter and recently started a new job in a publishing company. The other young woman has been divorced for ten years, recently layed off from her affluent position and is seeking a new job. The ups and the downs of each of their lives are shared as a group and strong bonds of friendship are formed. Wonderful read. I was given and advanced reader copy by NetGalley and I am freely sharing my review.

This was the first book about a book club I didn’t want an invite to join. This novel has some very weird conservative Christian undertones. Turn out this is a Christian writer but that should be mentioned on the front. Another thing I hated were these men. Mostly I prefer men written by women. I do not like men written by Sheila Robert’s it turns out. She tried to do it realistic to hopefully not men she knows. So one of the love interest is sexist and the main was a martyr and emotionally unavailable but don’t worry, in this Nice and White love story their love wins. By that it means he decides to date her before going to the therapy he desperately needs. My guess is men Shelia Robert’s knows doesn’t either. I cannot recommend skipping this book enough but maybe you can watch it as a movie staring Candance Cameron instead.

I would like to thank NetGalley for an ARC!

Storywise, I enjoyed the story. It follows 4 ladies who started a book club and you see how each life has their own challenges and and how books influence and inspire their lives. It was a sweet story that didn't run into any major exciting plot points.

The formatting of the copy I read, was not ideal. There wasn't a clear distinction between perspective shifts. Each lady had a chance to give the reader insight into their lives are various points in the book and if there were a clear indicator or page break icon separate it would have been easier to digest. Another common distraction was the use of any words with the letter 'f' it was often spaced oddly.

I really enjoyed this book. Its about women who are going through some tough times and find each other by joining a book club. The story takes you through their ups and downs, and shows you that good friends are always there for you when you need them. Its just a nice feel good story.

Karissa is starting a new life, new neighborhood, new job, new friends, away from,the husband and best friend who cheated on her. She connects with her neighbors starting a book club that is just what all of them need.

The Best Life Book Club by Sheila Roberts:
This is a charming, and often funny, PG-rated, character-based love letter to fans of books and reading. I enjoyed getting to know the 4 main characters, Karissa, Margot, Alice, and Josie. They form an unlikely book club when newly divorced Karissa moves to their neighborhood. In time they each find the right book at the right time to help them heal their individual wounds. I was invested in their stories and became hopeful that everyone in the group would be given a happy ending. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Publishing for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this book. I love books that are based on friendship. I even loved how the ladies formed a book group. It was heartwarming and romantic. The ending was better than I thought it would be. I'm grateful that netgalley and the publishers let me read this in exchange for an honest review.

I LOVED this book. It was so delightful and such a great story. It kept me turning the pages! Thank you for the ARC of this book!

Karissa, Alice, Margot, and Josie have all been through the wringer, but decide a book club would be the best way to escape the realities of their lives. Through the pages of the books they share, they find hope for themselves and a deeper connection with one another.

Highly recommend!

I really wasn’t the right reader for this. I found the plot and characters lacking and never managed to connect to the story.

While I didn’t enjoy this, I’m sure that fans of Ms Robert’s and many other readers will.




Thank you to MIRA and NetGalley for the DRC

I enjoy stories with multiple POV characters. This one had four, and it seemed to be a bit too much for the author to manage appropriately. Things were choppy and scattered. It also felt like key plot points were missing. It was hard to connect with, or even like, the characters, particularly Josie. The romance angle felt forced, almost like an afterthought.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of The Best Life Book Club by Sheila Roberts.

This book is about starting over and second chances. The main character Karissa is dealing with betrayal from her husband and best friend. Karissa and her daughter Macy move from Seattle to Gig Harbor, WA to start over. In the beginning they are both dealing with being lonely and sadness of losing friends. Slowly they both find new friends.

The book dealt a lot with moving on, trusting others, feeling better about yourself, forgiveness, trying new things, standing up for yourself, and finding true friendships. Not everything turned out all sunshine and rainbows, but there were promises of better times ahead.

I am not sure if it was how the book was laid out in Kindle...but I had a hard time with how the book bounced from one person to the next. I felt like I was constantly in someone else head.

I might be biased, but I never tire of a book about books and book lovers. Because the characters were so interesting, this novel did not seem like a "template book" but felt fresh and I was able to invest myself into it.

Karissa and her daughter have moved into a new neighborhood after a divorce. As Karissa becomes friendly with her neighbors, Margot and Alice, she decides they should start a book club. Alice invites her grumpy sister, Josie, to also join. The ladies become close as the book progresses and help each other through tough times. Margot is unemployed and having a difficult time finding a new job. Alice and Josie are both widows and living on their own. Karissa, Josie and Margot find love by the end of the book and Alice concurs her fear of driving.

I enjoyed this book. It was fun to see the book choices each lady made for the monthly reads and how they each reacted to the monthly reads. I enjoyed watching the relationships between the ladies develop and change and also the romantic relationships develop throughout the book. Good job Ms. Roberts!