HOPE OUT LOUD is a companion novella to THE LIFE YOU'VE
IMAGINED by
Kristina Riggle. It focuses on two secondary characters
from that novel,
Beck and Anna. If you haven't read that first book, no
worries. Kristina
outlines the story, and I had no problem following along as
I had not read
the first one. Beck and Anna have had a history since they
were young,
and HOPE OUT LOUD picks up when they are adults.
Five years ago Beck was married to Samantha, and he and
Anna had a one
time affair. Beck and his wife tried to make it work but
they eventually
divorced. Anna left with her head down until her mother
calls to tell her she
is getting married. Now Anna is back in Haven, Michigan to
be there for
her mom. She is invited to a Fourth of July barbecue and
there she hooks
back up with Beck. HOPE OUT LOUD will have you giggling at
the
situations Anna and Beck look back on. Both are holding on
to many fun
and happy memories and neither one can seem to let the past
go.
HOPE OUT LOUD is my first time reading Kristina Riggle, and
I'm so
happy I gave a new author a try. It is very obvious that
Beck still carries a
huge torch for Anna. Anna is dealing with too much guilt
and is afraid to
give their relationship another try. I really enjoyed
watching Beck and Anna
deal with their actions from five years ago and how Anna
wins over Beck's
family and gets back in their good graces. My only
complaint is I was
so invested emotionally in Beck and Anna's relationship and
before I knew
it, the book was over. I wanted to keep reading about them
and watch them grow.
I really enjoyed Kristina's novella, and I'm looking
forward to reading
more by her.
Five years after the summer of THE LIFE YOU'VE IMAGINED,
Anna
Geneva’s mother is getting married. This means Anna must
return to her hometown and the scene of her infamous affair
with her teenage love Will Becker, who was married at the
time, with a young daughter. Anna plans to avoid him, watch
her mom get married, and hightail it back to her private
law
practice and her cozy apartment in Chicago.
But in a town as small as Haven, avoiding the elder son of
a
prominent family is harder than it seems, especially with
so
much shared history. And Maeve Geneva’s wedding? Well, the
bride is starting to worry that maybe she’s not ready to
marry
again after all, though she swears her ex-husband’s
affectionate postcards have nothing to do with that.
Anna thought she’d left her hometown behind for good five
years ago, but she’s learning it takes more than two
hundred
miles along the Lake Michigan shore to put Haven truly
behind
her…
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