Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes
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Two best friends say "I do" to living together, for better or worse, in this bold women's fiction novel from Alexa Martin.
Jude Andrews is famous. Well, at least on Instagram. Her brand is clean eating, good vibes, Pilates, and casually looking like a sun-kissed goddess. In real life, however, she’s a total disaster. She has a strained relationship with her fame-hungry mom and her latest bad decision emptied out her entire savings account.
Lauren Turner had a plan: graduate medical school and become the top surgeon in the country. But when she became unexpectedly pregnant, those plans changed. And when her fiancé left her, they changed again. Now navigating the new world of coparenting, mom groups, and dating, she decides to launch a mommy podcast with all the advice she wishes someone had given her.
Jude and Lauren don't have much in common, but maybe that's why they've been best friends since the third grade. Through ups and downs, they've been by each other's sides. But now? They’re broke, single, and do the only thing that makes sense—move in together, just like they talked about when they were teenagers. Except when they were younger, the plan didn't include a five-year-old daughter and more baggage than their new townhouse can hold.
Two best friends say "I do" to living together, for better or worse, in this bold women's fiction novel from Alexa Martin.
Jude Andrews is famous. Well, at least on Instagram. Her brand is clean eating, good vibes, Pilates, and casually looking like a sun-kissed goddess. In real life, however, she’s a total disaster. She has a strained relationship with her fame-hungry mom and her latest bad decision emptied out her entire savings account.
Lauren Turner had a plan: graduate medical school and become the top surgeon in the country. But when she became unexpectedly pregnant, those plans changed. And when her fiancé left her, they changed again. Now navigating the new world of coparenting, mom groups, and dating, she decides to launch a mommy podcast with all the advice she wishes someone had given her.
Jude and Lauren don't have much in common, but maybe that's why they've been best friends since the third grade. Through ups and downs, they've been by each other's sides. But now? They’re broke, single, and do the only thing that makes sense—move in together, just like they talked about when they were teenagers. Except when they were younger, the plan didn't include a five-year-old daughter and more baggage than their new townhouse can hold.
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I honestly thought that they were gonna find out that they had feelings for each other but they didn’t and I found myself not really caring for this.
Like, it’s nice to see a female friendship co-parenting in raising a child. . .
If you can really even call it that.
I don’t know I was just not impressed with this.
I am also convinced that this book is why people hate millennials, millennials included.
Lauren is a single mom, med-school dropout, struggling to raise her five-year-old daughter. Her and Jude, her long time best friend, decide to move in together. Jude is an influencer and daughter of a former celebrity.
When Lauren’s ex decides that he wants to battle for custody of their daughter, Jude convinces Lauren to be a mommy influencer and start a podcast.
I think the main problem I had with this book was the constant queer-baiting. Like, Lauren and Jude's character spend the entirety of the book going on feminist rants and whatnot, but they don't hesitate to call each other their "wives". I absolutely hate it when straight women do this. Even the synopsis should have been a red flag for me to not read this book. They say "I do" together.
Now I need to address something that is a major spoiler. So please, if you are planning on reading the book and do not want to read spoilers, then I advise you to stop reading the rest of this review. Otherwise, if you are perfectly okay with spoilers, then you may continue.
This is your last chance.
I will not warn you after this. . .
Are you still here?
Yes!? Then you must be ready for the spoiler bit.
So here it comes.
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Alright. Now that I have your full attention. We can get into detail.
Jude’s character is an alcoholic. Trigger warnings and all that. Like to the point where she is constantly drinking. Like 10 AM drinking.
Lauren has some bitchy soccer mom types in her friend group with her daughter’s school.
And Jude cannot stand these people.
So, one day during a play date, Jude decides that she’s going to mix some alcohol with her hot chocolate to make the day with these moms a little more bearable. Lauren is off at some sort of talk show podcast thingy or whatever with a famous mom-influencer.
If you can’t see where this is going then major trigger warnings ahead involving a child being in danger.
You guessed it. Lauren’s daughter gets a hold of the hot chocolate and needs to be rushed to the hospital.
And then Lauren has the audacity to forgive her. Like, six months later after Jude has gotten herself clean and went to therapy. But still.
That, to me, is so unforgivable. If someone I trusted were to put my child in danger, I would not forgive them, let alone let them back into my life.
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