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The Cougar Club (2010)

by Susan McBride(Favorite Author)

3.35 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0061771260 (ISBN13: 9780061771262)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

William Morrow Paperbacks

review 1: Thank you to Susan McBride for donating this copy of The Cougar Club. This is a book worth reading.Synopsis:Kat, Carla, and Elise have been friends since grade school. They went their separate ways after college. These friends suddenly found themselves in their forties and wondering where life will take them next? Kat recently lost her job and moved back to St. Louis from New York. Carla is a television anchor at channel 3 in St. Louis. Is her job in jeopardy? Elise is a dermatologist and has a successful practice in St. Louis. She has the picture perfect family or does she? These friends come back together to share in each other’s trial and tribulations. My Thoughts:When this book was first released the subject matter was a turn off for me. I was very wr... moreong about this book. I think the term cougar can also be misinterpreted. I loved Susan McBride’s take on the Cougar to be a woman who is free to become who she is. The book was very easy to read. It helped that the setting was my home town of St. Louis Missouri. I found the characters very likeable. This is a choice that will not do you wrong.The setting of St. Louis Missouri was a trip back in time for me. I remember the Arena which was mentioned in the book. I attended the Ice capedes there. I loved old Bush Stadium and am a diehard St. Louis Cardinals fan. I have never seen the Blues play at the Arena or their new home. I did live in Chesterfield for three and a half years. What home town memories do you have?Ratings:4.75/5
review 2: Fun and light, Writing is a bit plastic and two dimensional. It would go better with fewer main characters and a little more depth. Writing about “middle aged” women who are seeing their jobs (and husbands) go to younger women, who then relocate back to their home town with their tails between their legs and try to regroup is a touchy subject and McBride doesn’t really deal with it. She covers it. She depicts parts of it but then her characters magically bounce back when a younger man hits on them. Not that that kind of attention doesn’t have its charms… but still. It’s beach reading and it works for that. It’s engaging and it’s not her first novel.The book cover, color and title are perfect. You know exactly what you’re getting and it will attract exactly the type of woman who will love this book. less

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