Daisy Jones and the Six Review

To this day, Daisy Jones & the Six remains one of the most unique books I have ever read. The book explores the rise and fall of a legendary rock band in the 1970s. Told through a series of interviews with band members and others close to the group, this novel is a unique and engaging look at the music industry and the lives of those who live it.

If you’re someone who listens to audiobooks, I highly recommend listening to this one — it is done with a full-cast. It is written as a series of interviews with the former band members, and as I listened to it, I felt like I was listening to a documentary about a real 70s rock band.

Reid says that the story was inspired by Fleetwood Mac. Daisy Jones & the Six was the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick for March 2019. The TV series based on the book released on Amazon Prime on March 3.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Review

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is the first of Reid’s historical fiction novels that explores Hollywood in the 1950s to the 1980s. The story starts with Evelyn Hugo who is now an old woman choosing an unknown journalist for her tell-all interview.

Hugo is portrayed as the most glamorous sought-after actress of her day with a complex love life. Reid told Vogue that Hugo is inspired by a trio of famous movie stars: Elizabeth Taylor (who had seven husbands), Ava Gardner (who did a similar tell all later in life), and Rita Hayworth (who essentially had to scrub her Spanish background in order to be successful in Hollywood).

The book offers a glimpse of what it took for a woman to have success in Hollywood in those days and the image they were expected to portray, among many other themes. Reid does an amazing job of bringing these complex characters and relationships to life.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is hands down Reid’s most successful book with more than a million copies sold, more than 150,000 reviews on Amazon and 1.9 million reviews on Goodreads.

After I Do Summary

Reid’s second novel is a story about a marriage in trouble. Lauren and Ryan decide to take a complete year off from each other in which they agree not to contact each other without any other rules for their break.

The ultimate goal is that they fall back in love. The book is told from Lauren’s perspective. For her, it’s a journey of self-discovery. Topics explored include the meaning of marriage, when and why to fight for a marriage, and how to fall back in love after the fire goes out.

Recommended for fans of Jane Green and Elin Hilderbrand.

Forever, Interrupted Summary

Reid’s debut novel is a story of love, grief, and healing. Elsie Porter and Ben Ross fall in love almost instantly after meeting at a pizza shop on New Year’s Day. They are married five months later. Nine days after they elope, Ben is killed in a bike accident when he is hit by a truck. It isn’t until Ben’s death that Elsie meets her mother-in-law, Susan.

This unique romance novel tells the love story of Ben and Elsie interweaved with the healing story of Elsie and Susan.