What You Wish For Published by St. Martin's Press by Katherine Center
on July 14, 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Women's Fiction, Chick-Lit
Source: Netgalley
Format: ARC, eBook
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Also by this author: The Bodyguard
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ISBN: 1250219361
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Samantha Casey is a school librarian who loves her job, the kids, and her school family with passion and joy for living. But she wasn’t always that way.
Duncan Carpenter is the new school principal who lives by rules and regulations, guided by the knowledge that bad things can happen. But he wasn’t always that way.
And Sam knows it. Because she knew him before—at another school, in a different life. Back then, she loved him—but she was invisible. To him. To everyone. Even to herself. She escaped to a new school, a new job, a new chance at living. But when Duncan, of all people, gets hired as the new principal there, it feels like the best thing that could possibly happen to the school—and the worst thing that could possibly happen to Sam. Until the opposite turns out to be true. The lovable Duncan she’d known is now a suit-and-tie wearing, rule-enforcing tough guy so hell-bent on protecting the school that he’s willing to destroy it.
As the school community spirals into chaos, and danger from all corners looms large, Sam and Duncan must find their way to who they really are, what it means to be brave, and how to take a chance on love—which is the riskiest move of all.
With Katherine Center’s sparkling dialogue, unforgettable characters, heart, hope, and humanity, What You Wish For is the author at her most compelling best.
All-in-all, I had a little trouble starting with this one. I felt that normally connection that I like to have with the main characters, lacking a bit.
But, the plot of the story was intriguing and I was excited to see where the end took me.
I found more than I was rooting for a romance, however, I was rooting for Samantha to befriend Tina–who seems to hate her from the very beginning. I don’t know if this is normal, but–that’s the truth of it.
This is my first Katherine Center, and I’ve heard that it’s not her best, so I intend to read more from her!
About Katherine Center
BookPage calls Katherine Center “the reigning queen of comfort reads.” She's the New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including How to Walk Away, Things You Save in a Fire, and What You Wish For. Her summer 2022 book is The Bodyguard. The movie adaptation of her novel The Lost Husband (starring Josh Duhamel) hit #1 on Netflix, and her novel Happiness for Beginners is in production as a Netflix original movie (starring Ellie Kemper and Luke Grimes) right now. Katherine writes laugh-and-cry books about how life knocks us down—and how we get back up. She’s been compared to both Jane Austen and Nora Ephron, and the Dallas Morning News calls her stories, “satisfying in the most soul-nourishing way.” Her books have made countless Best-Of lists, including RealSimple’s Best Books of 2020, Amazon's Top 100 Books of 2019, Goodreads' Best Books of the Year, the Indie Next Great Reads List, and many more. Katherine lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas, with her husband, two kids, and their fluffy-but-fierce dog.
This one was definitely not my favorite of Center’s books, but I did enjoy it. Highly recommend How to Walk Away, Things You Save in a Fire, and The Bodyguard. 🙂
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