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What Happiness Looks Like (2000)

by Karen Lenfestey(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Fiction

series

Sisters Series

review 1: What Happiness Looks Like is about two sisters, Kate and Joely, and the problems each has in her life. Joely is a single mother who has lupus which can be debilitating so she has moved in with her sister, Kate, and Kate's husband, Mitch. Kate, has a wonderful husband, good job and a nice home so it looks like everything is great for her. Not so. Kate and Mitch desperately want a baby but have not been successful in getting pregnant.Joely's ex shows up after no contact for five years and she doesn't want anything to do with him. But she does want Anna to know her father so lets him have supervised visits. Five year old Anna is so excited to finally meet her father and to spend some time with him.Kate was almost obsessed with having her own baby with Mitch. They tried IVF... more and Artificial Insemination but nothing worked. Mitch wants to use a surrogate but Kate wants to have her own child so won't agree to Mitch's idea.Since I haven't read the first book in this series, A Sister's Promise, I didn't know anything about the characters. Even so, I thought the character descriptions were well done. I didn't like or dislike Kate and Joely. They were good people but both tended to be controlling/opinionated with others. Anna Jo was a cutie and I liked the little girl a lot.The author made these lady's lives seem quite real. I felt Kate's pain at not being able to have a child and Joely's mistrust of her ex when he shows up and wants back in her life as well as to be part of Anna's life. I thought the final 10% or so felt rushed like the author was hurrying to tie everything up. I would have preferred more details. Even with that, I did like the way the story ended and wasn't expecting that ending.I received a review copy of What Happiness Looks Like in exchange for my honest review.
review 2: I received a review copy of What Happiness Looks Like in exchange for my honest review. I haven't read Ms. Lefenestey's first book, A Sister's Promise, so I went into this without knowing anything about the characters. I wasn't overly fond of any of the characters except for maybe the precocious Anna Jo. Joely irritated me a lot because she couldn't seem to make up her mind about anything! Kate just really...made me wanna kick her in the butt. I know that what she was feeling was normal and that all of her reactions to things were normal, but I disliked how she seemed so abysmal most of the time. I'm so glad that a few of the paths I thought this book was taking turned out to be wrong, though. I loved how realistic the ending was. Not too happily ever after, not depressing...just right. This is a book that you want to curl up with in a chair on a rainy day and just read until it's over. I know it seems crazy that I really liked this book - but dislike two of the main characters for a good portion of it - but it truly was enjoyable. And thankfully Joely and Kate redeem themselves well before the book is over. less

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