The Heart of the Deal A Novel

Thank you NetGalley and Alove Press for the ARC. I really wanted to like this book and I thought I would when I read the description, but I didn't. It took me some time to read it and at some point I stopped enjoying it, I just wanted to see how it ends. I didn't like Rae at the beginning and her "dream" of getting married and having kids soon. She was thinking about this all the time and I felt annoyed. I get the part that the author wanted to show us what is in a way expected from a young woman, but we got a character who really believed in it and wanted to be married at some point. I felt like this was the main theme of the book. When she started dating Dustin she had all these expectations that he'll beat depression and marry her before she turns 30. The only thing I could see here is that she was hopeful that it might happen and it's okay to have some hope. I get the part that when you're in love you probably don't see some things, but you can't just beat depression. She wanted Dustin to get better, but she was making it all about herself all over again. She didn't understend what having a mental illness is really.A good thing she did was to call Dustin's mum and in a way got him the help he needed. Her relationship with Stu was pointless because the chemistry between the two wasn't clearly there. She always loved Dustin and I like the fact that they meet again at the end. Finally, at the end she decided to go for her dream to become a real poet, and we get a character development. All the things women face in business and any job they do was a good theme, but there was so much going on in this book that I felt overwhelmed at the end. There are so many topics, and good ones, about friendship, sexism, mental illness, relationship... You really do go through a lot in 5 years, but I feel like it was all to much. I hope someone gets my review and what I'm saying here haha! Also, I hope that maybe someone will like the book the way I didn't.