I usually don't read books like this, but I am now open to reading more like it! I liked the book and was immersed in the world of David, Marilyn and their offspring: Wendy, Liza, Violet, and Grace. Wendy is the most complex character and the story kind of revolves around her and her struggles. Or really, her and Violet’s struggles of envy, co-dependency, and jealousy. The story bounces back and forth between the daughters’ and all of their issues and David and Marilyn’s seemingly perfect marriage. 

Because of David and Marilyn’s nearly untouchable love, I found their backstories kind of boring and it was only until it got to the part of when

David emotionally cheated with Gillian

that I was finally invested, but it didn’t last super long. I love their relationship and all they went through, even at the cost of them being considered boring. 

Regarding the daughters, I’ll start with the most boring of them all: Grace. It’s not her fault and I believe the author not really touching too much on Grace is a byproduct of her being the youngest. With the youngest, the parents are burnt out and barely care at this point, leading to the youngest feeling like they didn’t get as much attention or parenting as their siblings did. I felt bad for Liza and how she

had a depressed a** boyfriend who cared more about gaming than loving his GF. I sympathize with depression, but it felt like he just checked out of life and Liza just let him. It took like 8 years and getting PREGNANT that she realized that maybe Ryan isn’t a good life partner. Like DUH! And poor Jonah accidentally telling the tea! That was when Liza’s POV got a bit more interesting

. Violet was hard to love. I mean of course I feel bad that

Wendy was so jealous of her seemingly happy (and it seems like at the time it was) life so much that she located her sister’s child she gave up for adoption

. But ALSO Violet was messed up for

the baby’s father being her older sister’s sweet boyfriend. Like could you BE anymore jealous

?! Them two are a MESS and I’m glad they resolved their issues, but it was definitely anti-climactic at how they patched things up, I was expecting a little more, but I mean that’s sisters for ya.

Overall, it was a good read and it contained enough family drama to keep me occupied.