What happens after the happily ever after?

Synopsis

The follow-up sequel to the bestselling ‘What If?’ from Shari Low

Twenty years ago, Carly Cooper went on an epic quest to track down all the men she’d ever loved and lost in the hope that one of them was her Mr Right.

Now, two decades and two teenage sons later, she thinks she might have got it all wrong.

As the years have passed, lots of things have changed, leaving Carly asking ‘What Now?’

With a divorce and an empty nest on the horizon, Carly sets off once more to Los Angeles with her band of trusty girlfriends, to find the carefree, wild and adventurous Carly Cooper that she used to be.

On this latest quest, Carly discovers a few home truths and has to decide If her marriage is worth saving or is there a new happy-ever-after out there, just waiting for her…

My review

Carly Cooper went twenty years ago on a quest to find her Mr. Right and in the end, she found it. But now she starts doubting if she didn’t make a mistake back then.
Of course she adores her two teenage sons, and there is no way she could have stayed married to someone she didn’t love. But time has changed people, and she feels she is not her true self anymore.
Now Carly is on a mission to find her old back again and discover if her marriage is worth saving or if there is someone else lurking around the corner…

Having read what happened in ‘What If’, I was very curious to know how Carly had lived the past twenty years.
So when I found her on the verge of a divorce with her husband (I’m not giving away who the husband is!) I felt a little bit sad, because after everything she had been through, I hoped that her happily ever after was a real one.

I have to say, Carly twenty years later has lost her spark. She gave up on her literary dreams and put her own life on hold, allowing her husband to make his career.
Luckily for the reader, Carly realizes this also and now she has to decide if she has to pursue a divorce or if she should give her marriage a second chance.

This was a bittersweet story, seeing how a marriage is on the verge of reaching its ending, and having doubts about what is the right thing to do.
But the moments where all the friends are together, made me smile seeing how even after so many years the friendship still holds.

I have to admit, when I discovered what happened to one of the friends, I have to wipe a tear away, because it was so heart-breaking… even just thinking about it, makes tears appears all over again.

So this story made me laugh, made me sad and even made me cry. It shows how life changes people, and how sometimes choices made in the past may seem the wrong one.
But it also learns us that it’s never too late, and that sometimes you just have to have the courage to just admit what your feelings are.
And that real friendship stands the test of time. And in the end, love conquers it all!