This is the story of 30-something, Page, having to re-invent herself after she loses her job and relationship all in the same week. Page is funny and witty and meets an interesting cast of characters at a dog park after she moves to DC to stay with her brother while she gets back on her feet. I really liked the character development in this book and enjoyed getting to know all of Page’s new and interesting friends. Overall I really enjoyed the book but thought the last page didn’t quite live up to my hopes for the ending. Overall I would recommend it.

The story follows Page after the worst week of her life – she lost her job and her boyfriend and has to leave New York and move in with her brother in DC.

I have mixed feelings about this book. Even though, I quite enjoyed it I had a hard time connecting with some of the characters and some of the relationships that were formed just seemed unrealistic and unbelievable. The protagonist seemed quite shallow and judgmental, which made it hard for me to root for her.

There are many things I enjoyed about this book. I adored Page’s brother Brady and his girlfriend. Brady is such a kind and positive character and the type of brother everyone dreams of. I loved the way the author described the challenges the protagonist faces and how hard it can be to start over in a new place in your thirties.

It is a fun read and a sweet contemporary romance.

Thanks to the author, publisher and Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Happily Whatever After is so relatable, charming book about chasing happiness. Page our heroine hits rock bottom at some point after being dumped by her boyfriend and losing her job. Like many of us, Page finds hope and pulls herself together. The story starts there and gets interesting when a turning curve comes in Page’s life in the form of second chances. The story is easy to read, well written characters, smart and is a dark comedy. I was hooked right from the beginning as i can see myself in Page. Loved it.
Thank you NetGalley, Lake Union Publishing and the author for reader’s copy of this book. The review is my own and not influenced.

Really enjoyed this. Page is such an endearing character that you can't help but root for her from the very first page. And the colorful supporting cast of characters, adorable doggies, and realistic human struggles just made this book a delight from beginning to end. Can't wait to read more from this author!

It took me a awhile to get through this book because i was really unclear what it wanted to be. The relationships in this book are cringeworthy; I’m still in shock that the protagonist’s obsession actually amounted to anything. Speaking of, her personality was unlikable. I found myself rooting against her, especially with her little quips about her not looking her age. I imagine it was supposed to come off as her confidence growing but it didn’t work for me.

I’m also all for a little vulgarity in my fiction, but this just didn’t hit right and felt almost more dirty than it needed to be. I wouldn’t read something else by this author.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

“Happily Whatever After” includes all the best ingredients for an entertaining female-centered work of fiction. Page goes from single, broke, and unemployed to living her dream life. Of course, the journey there is punctuated with challenges and harsh doses of reality along the way. This fun, effervescent novel is peppered with just enough heartache and despair to make it an almost believable story.

I loved this book, it had everything! It was funny, it was sad, it was uplifting. The setting for the main outline of the story was a ‘posh’ dog walking park in which our heroine (Page) found herself with a book but no dog. She soon begins to recognise the different dog walkers and their dogs, and gradually gets to know them. Having just moved to a new city to live with her brother after losing her job in an art gallery and being dumped by her longtime partner, the park was where she came each day to pass some time.
The friends she makes there are instrumental in her adjusting to her new life, and she soon begins to find doors opening for her, plus a handsome vineyard owner who she is very attracted to.
The characters are brilliant, some eccentric, some flamboyant, mostly rich and all keen to help Page move on with her life .
This is one of those books you don’t want to end, you ‘know’ everyone in it and want to continue that ‘friendship’ with them all. I’m now searching out more books by Stewart Lewis, hoping for same kind of warmth and humour.

Thanks to netgallery for a free copy of this book in return for an honest review.

This book will have you laughing and crying while taking you on an emotional rollercoaster! The story follows dog obsessed Page, who having lost her job and being dumped by her boyfriend, decides to move in with her brother in DC. Having plenty spare time she find herself spending most of her in the local park popular for dog-owners. Here she starts begins to form friendships while she figures out what she is going to do with her life, all alongside dealing with other situations in her personal life.
The whole story of this book is an enjoyable read, with an almost instant connection to the main characters that you feel for a times of heartbreak through. There were plenty of moments that I found myself laughing loudly

This was my first read by this author but I will certainly be looking to read more.

loved it! absolutely loved it! this is the first book I've read of this author and I definitely intend to read more.

Happily Whatever After follows protagonist Page after the worst week of her life: losing her job and her boyfriend. As she moves to a new city to start fresh while crashing with her brother, she changes her life by following her heart…to the dog park. It is there she meets the people who will help her find her direction and maybe even heal that broken heart.

I’m not one to write negative book reviews. If I find I don’t like a book, I take a “it’s not the book, it’s me” approach. Just because a book doesn’t click with me doesn’t make it bad or not worth reading; it just wasn’t a good fit.
I hate to say it, but Happily Whatever After wasn’t a good fit for me. I had a hard time relating to the protagonist, which makes reading the first person narration a bit more challenging. There were many things I enjoyed in it (you know it wasn’t unbearable because I didn’t give up on it; I still had to find out how it ended!).
Aspects I enjoyed were the descriptions of Washington, D.C. and what life is like when you’re starting over in your mid thirties. I thought the author did a fabulous job of setting up the hurdles she had to overcome and showing that every obstacle is not met with a peppy can do attitude; some things truly do knock you down. Though I didn’t connect with Page, this book is full of fun and quirky characters that are fun to get to know. I also loved the diversity of characters; our world is made up diversely, and it’s refreshing to find that represented in a book where the diversity isn’t a plot point.
While I neither loved nor hated this novel, it was a fun read about finding who you are and deciding what matters. It has both light and serious moments and an unexpected personal struggle.
Happily Whatever After by Stewart Lewis will be available July 28.

This book was definitely cute.

I loved the dynamic between all the characters, and enjoyed the plot a great deal. I thought it was well written!

I absolutely adored this book. The characters were so real that it sucked you in and made you feel a part of the story. You didn't want it to end!

Thank you NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for a chance to read and review this book.

It was a quick and easy read. I liked this story and the characters were fun. This book revolves around Page who had recently lost her great job and boyfriend one after the other and is looking for a fresh start at a whole new place. So she packs up and bids Au Revoir to NYC and goes to live in DC with her brother. As I said it is a quick and fun read with likable characters and good plot. I loved the dog park theme and how that became an important part of the book. Does Page gets her happy ending or not is yet to be seen cause I don't want to give away any spoilers but if you are a looking for a light read then it is definitely for you.

Happy reading!

1/5 🌟
So unfortunately this just was not my thing. I thought there was too much fluff. I also could not believe our main character at times and her decisions. I found myself saying "Ok. WHY? Why would you think that would be a good idea?" She doesn't even know the guy's name she's "in love" with until chapter 56 which is the last chapter! And while she's "in love" with him she's going out with someone else.
Okay so a few things I did like about this book. It was a cute funny quick read. I pretty much was flying through the book.
I liked that she read the dog's expreasion and tried to come up with what they were thinking. (Lol I think I liked this so much because I always try to give Molly a voice) like "Mom, I wanna go on a walk. Please take me on a walk. *goes outside* NO. No walk. No walk. Let me back in too cold!"
The ending for this book was perfect! I really enjoyed the ending.
Things I thought while reading:
"Haha been there!"
"Don't we all?"
*sings No Air by: Jordin Sparks*
"Really? Girl. Really?"
"Why?"
"Ok. Now why would that be a good idea?"
"Get. A. Dog."
"Now why would you tell them that? You don't even know his name!"
"Oh. No!" 😳
"But. Why?"
"Finally!!!"
YESSSSSS 👌

Quirky, contemporary and fairly relatable; Lewis' novel is a quick and heart-warming, albeit rather formulaic, read, ideal for getting one's mind off of things.

The story lagged for me. The pace was just slow. My other complaint was that the main character reduced a lot of things to initials and nick names, then when you did learn the name of a character, for example, it was kind of confusing to remember who was who.

The story of Page, starting over in DC after losing her job and her boyfriend in New York.

An emotional read at times, given some of the things going on in her family. Overall an enjoyable read though.

Very cute and had some unexpected turns. I didn’t love the repetitive use of drugs. Other than that, it was a nice story about Page finding her happy ending and it really made me want to get a dog now! I got attached to all the characters, they all had their quirks and were lovable with their own personalities.

Thank you NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for this arc.

A sweet and predictable easy read. Page's complacency with her New York life is shattered when she loses her job and her boyfriend in the same week and she relocates to Washington DC to live with her brother. Without a job or a social life or even a dog, she starts hanging out at a dog park for lack of anything better to do with herself. She meets a collection of OTT characters and her social life starts to pick up from there.

The second half of the book, focusing on the issues surrounding Page and her family was very entertaining. Brady is a brother everyone would want to have. . In the beginning of the book Page and her new friends came across as fairly shallow, and the situations were not entirely believable.