In The Best Life Book Club four women start a book club, form friendships, and find courage to better their lives.

The Best Life Book Club by Sheila Roberts

Genre/Categories/Setting: Contemporary Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Book About Books/Book Club, Friendship, Pacific Northwest (Puget Sound)

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My Summary of The Best Life Book Club:

Thanks #NetGalley @HarlequinBooks for a complimentary e ARC of #TheBestLifeBookClub upon my request. All opinions are my own.

Karissa and her nine-year-old daughter moves to Gig Harbor in the Puget Sound (Washington State) for a new start. She meets neighbors Alice and Margot who also need something new in their lives. The three along with Alice’s older sister begin a literary club. The friendships that form demonstrate the best of women supporting women as each one makes changes to live her best life.

My Thoughts:

Women Supporting Women

I always appreciate a story of women supporting women and a friendship theme. Adding book talk is a bonus.

Four Points of View

This engaging and relatable story is told from four alternating points of view. What begins as a book club becomes a source of support, compassion, and encouragement for the women. The author skillfully creates four diverse personalities. Each reader might find one character that’s more relatable than the others; however, by book’s end, you will likely love them all.

A Small Side of Romance

The Best Life Book Club is NOT a romance. Nevertheless, the author provides a small side of sweet romance for our reading pleasure.

Themes

Poignant themes include starting over, taking chances, personal growth, women supporting women, second chances, friendship, forgiveness, loneliness, and resilience. I love how the author integrates book content into the story line and shows how a book has the power to change lives and build authentic friendships.

Recommending The Best Life Book Club

If you are a fan of light women’s fiction with complicated characters, friendship themes, and book talk, you might be this book’s next reader. Book clubs might enjoy this one. Beach bag approved.

Related: I’ve also enjoyed this author’s Moonlight Harbor series.

My Rating:  4.5  Stars

Meet the Author of The Best Life Book Club, Sheila Roberts

With more than fifty books to her name, Sheila Roberts is a frequent USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller – and a fan favorite. Her Christmas perennial “On Strike for Christmas” was made into a movie for the Lifetime Channel and her novel “The Nine Lives of Christmas” was made into a movie for Hallmark. Hallmark also made a sequel, titled “The Nine Kittens of Christmas.” Her most recent novel to hit the small screen was “Christmas on Candy Cane Lane,” which aired on the Great American Family Channel in 2022. Before settling into her writing career, Sheila owned a singing telegram company and played in band. When she’s not traveling, she splits her time between the Pacific Northwest and Southern California.

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QOTD:

Is this story of friendship on your TBR or have you read it?
Are you a Sheila Roberts fan?

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