Family for Beginners

2.5 stars.

That extra 0.5 star is purely because the last 1/3rd of the book was a great improvement upon the first 2/3rds. This book was frustrating for a few reasons:

1. Flora spent most of the book without a backbone. It's truly surprising she was able to walk anywhere without one. But well, miracles do happen.

2. Jack is probably the most of oblivious man that ever lived. His obliviousness is second only to Flora's spinelessness. There were multiple times in the first half of the book where his daughter was unforgivably rude to Flora but he still insisted that his daughter liked Flora

I think it's safe to say by now that Sarah Morgan can't write a bad book and this was no different.

This one explores grief and the impact it has on a family, but it's not heavy handed and the story still has a fun and light tone.

I will say I found some of the dialogue saccharine at times but it wasn't a big issue.

The narration by Katherine Fenton was brilliant.