Book Review: Lies And Other Acts Of Love

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This is my book review of Lies and Other Acts of Love by Kristy Woodson Harvey.

Book Summary:

After sixty years of marriage and five daughters, Lynn “Lovey” White knows that all of us, from time to time, need to use our little white lies.
 
Her granddaughter, Annabelle, on the other hand, is as truthful as they come. She always does the right thing. That is, until she dumps her hedge fund manager fiancé and marries a musician she has known for three days. After all, her grandparents, who fell in love at first sight, have shared a lifetime of happiness, even through her grandfather’s declining health.
 
But when Annabelle’s world starts to collapse around her, she discovers that nothing about her picture-perfect family is as it seems. And Lovey has to decide whether one more lie will make or break the ones she loves.

In just a few years’ time, Kristy Woodson Harvey has become a noted and celebrated Southern fiction writer. 

She began with novel number one, Dear Carolina. And now, hitting the scene is her second novel, Lies and Other Acts of Love. 

This author clearly has a knack for moving a story along with graceful aplomb, which is something you’d expect from a writer who has honed her craft for many years. Not one just beginning her journey.

My Thoughts:

I’m not going to give much away. But this book is about love and lies, and what happens to our expectations when we build someone up just to see them fall. Lies and Other Acts of Love is an inter-generational story that comes from two points of view: granddaughter and grandmother. 

This girl is really going places. She excels at the craft of writing as though she’s been doing this for a very long time. When in fact she’s just begun her already stellar career as a writer.

Kristy Woodson Harvey is a writer, designer, blogger, mother, and wife.

Kristy Woodson Harvey holds a degree in journalism and mass communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s in English from East Carolina University. 

Her first book was Dear Carolina.

In addition to writing fiction, she blogs about interior design at Design Chic. She lives in North Carolina with her family.

Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book for my honest review.