Book Review - Love Unlisted

Yes another book review. I feel like that has been the majority of my posts lately but I just love to read so much. This book wasn't a library book and yet I read it in well under a week. So here goes for another review, I'm sure more to follow this one as I've already started another book and I'm 25% through with that one too. This is probably my favorite thing about the summertime, pool side reading!!!

Book Title: Love Unlisted: A Novel by Stephanie Haddad

Book Summary: Grace Shields keeps her hectic life manageable one way and one way only: she makes lists, lots of them. Lists of her favorite Jackie Chan movies. Lists of her boyfriend’s Pros and Cons. Lists about her favorite places to get a pizza. To Grace, each one is a very serious matter. And that’s why no one ever reads the lists. Well, no one except for a few people who got a hold of them by accident…
1. Her best friend Bernsie, who understands the lists might be the only thing keeping Grace out of an asylum;
2. A child psychologist she was forced to see after her father passed away and the listing become more than just a hobby;
3. A very-nearly-almost fiancé who left Grace because of the lists.

Now, as Grace struggles to deal with a career that’s getting away from her and the frustration of living with her brother George, the lists are all she can do to cope.

Enter Colin Kilbourne, a free-spirited musician with a knack for ruffling Grace’s pristine feathers. And spilling coffee on her favorite work clothes. Immediately drawn to his carefree, stress-free attitude, Grace knows they’d be mismatched in every possible way. But that mischievous charm is hard to resist. What’s a girl to do when the lists tell you to do one thing and your hearts tells you another?

Book Review:  This book is actually free on Amazon, which is why I downloaded it in the first place. I went on a frenzy one day downloading a bunch of free books and this was one of them. When I first started the book I actually didn't think I was going to like the character based on the way the first chapter started, she seemed really annoying and childish with her lists. However before I knew it I was sucked into the book and reading along quickly. This is another perfect light summer read, I would classify it more as a young adult book but with the main character being in her twenties I could still relate to her just starting off in her career.

I love to make lists but the main character Gracie took it to a whole other level, although I am glad that towards the very end of the book they do explore and explain that aspect of the book. I did enjoy the character development of not just the main character but also of her roommate and her issues, some of which I could see coming but the predictability didn't necessarily detract from the story. I actually found myself kind of sad when it was coming to an end, something I didn't expect. This was another good, read and can't beat it for the free price!