Thursday, July 11, 2019

It's Hot in the Hamptons by Holly Peterson

Started: 5/22/19
Finished: DNF
Year: 2019
Pages: 373
Genre: literature
Grade: F
Reason for reading: review for LibraryThing
Blurb (from back cover): "Raised in East Hampton, Caroline never thought she'd be one of the 'city people' who spent summers and weekends at the beach. But once her husband's business takes off, a job stint transplants the couple permanently into Manhattan life-where the phrase 'When you marry for money, you work for it every day' reflects her neighbors' lives. And where entitled husbands, like hers, embark on affair after affair with little consequence.
"Time for the wives to get even.
"When Caroline's friend Annabelle suggests they experiment as they wayward mates have, Caroline resists at first. That is, until a scroll through an iPad makes her reconsider...and a pact between two friends is made.
"The agreement quickly turns serious when Caroline begins to confront the man her husband has become, or perhaps always has been. Will a summer affair give Caroline clarity or make her lose hold on the reins of her life?And, when an old lover returns, is she ready to risk all for a chance at happiness?"
Opinion: Yes, people cheat. Yes, people want to get revenge and cheat back. But to have it lead the book without any background made me ill. The writing was choppy. Plot was weak. Interpersonal relationships among characters wasn't there. Amazes me that William Morrow publishing would accept a manuscript like this.

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