The Seven Steps to Closure by Donna Joy Usher

The Seven Steps to Closure by Donna Joy Usher

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis:

Tara Babcock awakes the morning after her 30th birthday with a hangover that could kill an elephant - and the knowledge she is still no closer to achieving closure on her marriage breakup. Things go from bad to worse when she discovers that, not only is her ex-husband engaged to her cousin - Tash, the woman he left her for - but that Jake is also running for Lord Mayor of Sydney.
Desperate to leave the destructive relationship behind and with nothing to lose, she decides- with encouragement from her three best friends - to follow the dubious advice from a magazine article, Closure in Seven Easy Steps.

The Seven Steps to Closure follows Tara on her sometimes disastrous- always hilarious - path to achieve the seemingly impossible.

My Review:

This was a cute story. I'd have to say that although Tara (the main character) had great supporting friends, there were too many to always keep them straight. With her very supportive sister and mother, I think we could have done with only one or two best friends.

Also, the story was just ok and somewhat funny, until Tara went to India. That's when the story really picked up and I couldn't put it down. This book had a happy ending, but not everything was wrapped up in a nice neat little bow, but left open-ended, which I enjoyed this time.

I chose to read this book at this particular time because I was supposed to choose a book about forgiveness for a book club challenge, and I'm sad to say this fell a little short. Yes, she learned to not blame herself, and yes he did get over what her ex-husband did to her, but that's just it. I'm not sure she forgave him, she just got closure - either way, I still enjoyed the storyline.

Read from August 28 to September 15, 2013

Top 5 Genres*: Women's Fiction/Chick Lit, Romance, Contemporary, Humor, Romance/Contemporary Romance
*According to Goodreads
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My ratings system
5 stars - I absolutely loved it
4 stars - Good book and would recommend
3 stars - Decent book, but wasn't spectacular
2 stars - Not good, but was able to finish it
1 stars - Did not finish (DNF) and I don't usually rate a book I haven't finished (just to be fair to the author)

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