All We Could Still Have

I Just finished All We could still have by Diane Barnes and here are my musings.

Nikki is desperate to become a mother, so desperate she doesn't see the harm in putting her and her husband, Kyle, into debt they can never claw their way out of because having kids is priceless. Round after round of failed IVF doesn't seem to phase her but Kyle is ready to pull the plug.

Not listening to anything he has to say, Nikki pulls money out of her retirement then lies about it. The betrayal sends Kyle over the edge and he walks away from their once happy and secure marriage.

Nikki has two choices, a life without Kyle or one where she forges a path ahead in a marriage that will be without a child of her very own.

TRIGGER WARNING. I rarely do this but as a mother myself, I feel anyone who is sensitive to relationship issues surrounding IVF failures, should do their homework before reading this book. Having said that, this book handles the topic with real care and attention to detail.

As you would expect from a book like this, the pace was very slow but it built a really strong narrative around Nikki which made the book very powerful and I love a good HEA story. The writing was much better than I was expecting which was a huge plus.

I am not a fan of Nikki and having an MC I am not fond of, makes it hard for me to connect with a book, but I actually found this was better for this book, I felt like I was watching it from a disconnected place which gave me a new and exciting perspective for the book. It was really sad and it made me have all the feels!!

It isn't my normal read but I actually really enjoyed it.

4 stars

Thank you @netgalley and #lakeunionpublishing for my gifted copy

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