After I Do
A Novel
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4.2 • 1.7K Ratings
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“A seductive twist on the timeless tale of a couple trying to rediscover love in a marriage brought low by the challenges of domestic togetherness…touching, perceptive, and achingly honest.” —Beatriz Williams, New York Times bestselling author
When Lauren and Ryan’s marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year apart, and only one rule: they cannot contact each other. Aside from that, anything goes.
Lauren embarks on a journey of self-discovery, quickly finding that her friends and family have their own ideas about the meaning of marriage. These influences, as well as her own healing process and the challenges of living apart from Ryan, begin to change Lauren’s ideas about monogamy and marriage. She starts to question: When you can have romance without loyalty and commitment without marriage, when love and lust are no longer tied together, what do you value? What are you willing to fight for?
This is a love story about what happens when the love fades. It’s about staying in love, seizing love, forsaking love, and committing to love with everything you’ve got. And above all, After I Do is the story of a couple caught up in an old game—and searching for a new road to happily ever after.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In this early novel, Daisy Jones and The Six hitmaker Taylor Jenkins Reid explodes the myth of the fairytale romance. Lauren fell in love with Ryan when she was just 19 and she’s devoted the better part of eleven years to their marriage. But as the pair approach thirty, they realize their relationship is failing, so they decide to take a drastic step: A year-long, no-contact break to figure things out. Reid’s heartfelt novel offers us a very different kind of love story, one that unfolds long after the so-called Happy Ending. After I Do will is poignant, realistic, and hopeful.
Customer Reviews
Lobed the book at the price
I loved the book for the special price (3$). Didn’t like the final chapter, fell short after a really interesting book.
Good Read
Liked the characters and flow of this book.
Excellent Recommendation for BookTok!!!
I enjoyed each chapter of this book.It was so relatable!!!! I was in a decade long relationship. Although it didn’t work out in the end the letters Lauren wrote to Ryan reminded me of an exercise I used to do during my healing journey where I would write drafts to my ex. This is the second book I’ve read from the author and haven’t been disappointed.