Evvie Drake Starts Over

Posted on 07 July 2018 by Linda Holmes

In a small town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth Evvie Drake rarely leaves her house Everyone in town, including her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and she doesn t correct them In New York, Dean Tenney, former major league pitcher and Andy s childhood friend, is struggling with a case of the yips he can t throw straight any, and he can t figure out why An invitation from Andy to stay in Maine for a few months seems like the perfect chance to hit the reset button.When Dean moves into an apartment at the back of Evvie s house, the two make a deal Dean won t ask about Evvie s late husband, and Evvie won t ask about Dean s baseball career Rules, though, have a funny way of being broken and what starts as an unexpected friendship soon turns into something But before they can find out what might lie ahead, they ll have to wrestle a few demons the bonds they ve broken, the plans they ve changed, and the secrets they ve kept They ll need a lot of help, but in life, as in baseball, there s always a chance right up until the last out. New Download Books Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes – kino-fada.fr This is a very charming novel It is a juicy red apple It is a bouquet of freshly sharpened pencils It is, and I mean this in the best possible way, a Hallmark movie, but with richly drawn characters who are imperfect and interesting Evvie Drake s asshole husband has died but no one knows he was an asshole and so she has to deal with her community s expectations of how she should grieve as she tries to be who every one in her life wants her to be Or who she thinks they want to be And then t This is a very charming novel It is a juicy red apple It is a bouquet of freshly sharpened pencils It is, and I mean this in the best possible way, ...4.5 Definitely not your average Rom Com This is raw, true life The twist and turns it takes along the journey The pieces you need to pick up in order to move forward.Evvie married her high school sweetheart On the day she s planning to take on life in a new direction, her husband is killed in a car accident With the snap of a finger, Evvie is left to regroup, and somehow find the strength to start overagain Time for Evvie 3.0Dean was living the dream A star pitcher for the New York Yan 4.5 Definitely not your average Rom Com This is raw, true life The twist and turns it takes along the journey The pieces you need to pick up in order to move forward.Evvie married her high school sweetheart On the day she s planning to take on life in a new direction, her husband is killed in a car accident With the snap of a finger, Evvie is left to regroup, and somehow find the strength to start overagain Time for Evvie 3.0Dean was living the dream A star pitcher for the New York Yankees Everything he wished for in life was laid out in front of him That is until he could no longer throw a strike, quickly finding himself a wash out Dean is left searching for answers, trying to find himself, as his dream collapses down around him.This was a truly heart...5 StarsDo you want your HEART STOLEN Yeah Then Evvie Drake Starts Over is a MUST FREAKING READ Evvie drake is a woman everyone in town feels for her husband Tim passed away recently and everyone in the town is just devastated, including her father, his parents and her best friend Andy Everyone simply assumes Evvie feels the same way and Evvie has never said otherwise The fact is that no one really knows her and they have no idea what her marriage was like Some things are simply better 5 StarsDo you want your HEART STOLEN Yeah Then Evvie Drake Starts Over is a MUST FREAKING READ Evvie drake is a woman everyone in town feels for her husband Tim passed away recently and everyone in the town is just devastated, including her father, his parents and her best friend Andy Everyone simply assumes Evvie feels the same way and Evvie has never said otherwise The fact is that no one really knows her and they have no idea what her marriage was like Some things are simply better left unsaid isn t that the truth When her best friend Andy recommends that she rent out an apartment in her house to help a friend of his, Evvie says yes Dean is a former Professional League Baseball Player He kinda lost his nerve and lost his game Now he s looking for a place to live for a while It ju...A romance about adults acting like adults They have actual conversations They fall in love because they REALLY LIKE EACH OTHER They make mistakes and then apologize They have nuanced friendships with people of the opposite sex They help each other, and sometim...If you re looking for a book to charm you completely and worm its way into your heart, you don t have to look any further than Linda Holmes debut novel, Evvie Drake Starts Over Boy, did I thoroughly enjoy this one It s been nearly a year since her husband died in a car accident, and Evvie like Chevy, not Stevie Drake has spent most of the time holed up in her house, trying to stay out of the public eye Her husband was a beloved physician in their small Maine town, and she is rarely in If you re looking for a book to charm you completely and worm its way into your heart, you don t have to look any further than Linda Holmes debut novel, Evvie Drake Starts Over Boy, did I thoroughly enjoy this one It s been nearly a year since her husband died in a c...3.5 stars rounded to 4 starsThis was a fun read Just having read a heavy duty literary fiction novel, I was ready for something like this Evvie Drake is a young woman who decides to start her life over Her best and platonic friend Andy knows Evvie needs the extra money and talks her into renting the apartment attached to the house to his childhood friend Dean Dean is a former star pitcher with the New York Yankees who has recently lost his career thanks to a case of the yips These are our 3.5 stars rounded to 4 starsThis was a fun read Just having read a heavy duty literary fiction novel, I was ready for something like this Evvie Drake is a young woman who decides to start her life over Her best and platonic friend Andy knows Evvie needs the extra money and talks her into renting the apartment attached to the house to his childhood friend Dean Dean is a former star pitcher with the New York Yankees who has recently lost his career thanks to a case of the yips These are our three main characters This is a book about many things, including honesty with both oneself and others, family relationships, mental healt...It started with three, then moved up to 3.4, then dropped to 3.2 and finally with the ending part score stayed as 3.5 soft, sweet, Hallmark ish movie vibes with far better characterization and better writing starts rounded up to 4 romantic stars Mostly I never called myself indecisive But reviewing and deciding what I m thinking about this book were really complicated job for me I can make honestly my it s ...DNF 20% I was expecting a fun rom com but there s little comedy and I had already resorted to skimming.Maybe a 2.5 instead of the full 3 This was good in the beginning, but really started to drag as the book went on I may not have been the right audience for this one because it just did not work for me Womp.I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.I was excited to read this book given the reviews already The story begins with a loss for Evie which sets the tone of the book Evvie was so close to her new life until tragedy struck and she is now dealing with her own guilt and the perception of her friends and family.Dean is a major league pitcher who is a friend of Evvies and due to his own projessional tragedy, he is forced to take some time off and decides to rent a room i I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.I was excited to read this book g...

07 July 2018

Linda Holmes