Emily's Art and Soul

I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an unbias review.

Emily's Art and Soul is an enjoyable story about a 35-year-old woman who is just coming out of a divorce where she wondered why she was in the relationship in the first place. Her mother has recently died and she is now in charge of taking care of her sister who has Down's Syndrome. Her life has been turned upside down. This is when she meets Andi, a fellow teacher, and becomes friends with her. Over time, Emily begins to realize that she has been hiding who she really is, that she is gay. After playing the field and experiencing some lesbian encounters, she can no longer hide her feelings for Andi and their relationship takes off.

I found for the most part that the story was enjoyable. There were times in the book where I felt the story was too formulaic. The pacing of the story was varied throughout, with some parts being covered almost moment by moment and others were covered at breakneck speed. The last few chapters seemed much too fast, almost like the author was trying to come up with a way to end the book as fast as possible. The interaction with Emily telling her father she was gay, him blowing up at her, the whole fiasco that creates with Andi and then 2 days later her father is ok with her being gay seemed very unrealistic and is part of the pacing issues the book has.

Overall the story is good and I enjoyed the character development between Emily and Andi. It just didn't flow as well as I would have liked and the ending chapters just seemed to fly by way too quickly. It is a good quick read, but not ones of my favorites.