This book was fantastic! I beautiful love story that explored the many different types of love we experience in our lives. It tackled a lot of very poignant issues for women and I particularly enjoyed how they wove in the past so we could fully understand the relationship between Callie and Porter. Overall, it was a really beautiful story and I couldn’t put it down.

Run For Your Life, Callie Kingman Honest ARC Review:
4.5⭐️
This was not the romantic comedy I anticipated. It was SO much better! A few words that come to mind to describe it would be: relatable, inspiring and community. Callie’s character calls out to every woman who has given herself selflessly and care for others.

Callie Kingman was completely caught off guard as her husband returned home from what she thought was a business trip to NYC only to discover that her marriage was ending.

A character that was completely relatable, Callie was at a crossroads. She spent her life caring for everyone else. She has neglected herself in the process.

The reader was taken on a journey as Callie decided if and how she would reclaim all aspects of her identity that once brought her joy. From her years at Princeton that were filled with hope to the pressures women experience as they sacrifice their careers, passions and bodies to raise a family, Callie faced each obstacle with determination.

Reclaiming herself, Callie became an inspiration for women everywhere. I really enjoyed the depth and complexity of this novel. It motivated me to consider my own place in life and my journey.

Thank you Net Galley and Montlake for sharing this ARC with me.

Run For Your Life, Callie Kingman by new to me authors Alli Frank and Asha Youmans, published by Montlake is a standalone novel.
A story about finding your own voice.
Callie is a soon to be divorved stay at home empty nester. Depressed, overweight, unkempt. Til she discovers running is her thing, not. But hse pulls through, finds a new job, rejects an old lover, finds her own way in a full length stand alone novel with some lengths, a very very slow burn. The story jumps between past and present what I found tiring, so I somewhere into the story I just skipped the past chapters. 3,5 stars.

‘Run For Your Life, Callie Kingman’ by Alli Frank and Asha Youmans is a story of love in all its different and various forms; love of family, hometown, friends, romantic love, and self-love.

I enjoyed it immensely, and I reveled in the humor interlaced within its lines. It’s heartwarming and totally relatable.

Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the authors for the e-ARC of this enthralling read.

Callie Kingman has just been dumped. Dumped by the husband she gave up her career for, the husband she moved to California with and the same husband who has a much younger, pregnant girlfriend in London. Naturally, she takes to her bed. After a month of snacks and regret, a long delayed annual visit to her doctor is an eyeopener. Every number - weight, blood pressure, cholesterol - is too high. She desperately needs to change her lifestyle.

While Callie fights her way back from despair alternating with anger, there are flashbacks to her college years at Princeton with Porter Beaumont, the love of her life, who abandoned her. Since she has been rejected twice, Callie vows to become stronger emotionally and physically and to depend only on herself.

I can’t say enough about the glorious novel. I loved Callie, Lisa and Quinn and hated Thomas. I loved the beginning, the conclusion and everything in between. Run For Your Life, Callie Kingman is an anytime read and everything read and a must read! 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Montlake, Alli Frank and Asha Youmans for this ARC.

healing, self discovery, and a dash of existential crisis. This book will definitely hit it's mark with readers.

An emotional story about healing and self-discovery that we all don't know we need. I absolutely love this book.