Review: The Fifth Avenue Story Society
by Rachel Hauck
About the Book
An invitation to join The Fifth Avenue Story Society gives five New York strangers a chance to rewrite their own stories.
Executive assistant Lexa is eager for a much-deserved promotion, but her boss is determined to keep her underemployed.
Literature professor Jett is dealing with a broken heart, as well as a nagging suspicion his literary idol, Gordon Phipps Roth, might be a fraud.
Uber driver Chuck just wants a second chance with his kids.
Aging widower Ed is eager to write the true story of his incredible marriage.
Coral, queen of the cosmetics industry, has broken her engagement and is on the verge of losing her great grandmother’s multimillion-dollar empire.
When all five New Yorkers receive an anonymous, mysterious invitation to the Fifth Avenue Story Society, they suspect they’re victims of a practical joke. No one knows who sent the invitations or why. No one has heard of the literary society. And no one is prepared to bear their deepest secrets to a roomful of strangers.
Yet curiosity and loneliness bring them back week after week to the old library. And it’s there they discover the stories of their hearts, and the kind of friendship and love that heals their souls.
Executive assistant Lexa is eager for a much-deserved promotion, but her boss is determined to keep her underemployed.
Literature professor Jett is dealing with a broken heart, as well as a nagging suspicion his literary idol, Gordon Phipps Roth, might be a fraud.
Uber driver Chuck just wants a second chance with his kids.
Aging widower Ed is eager to write the true story of his incredible marriage.
Coral, queen of the cosmetics industry, has broken her engagement and is on the verge of losing her great grandmother’s multimillion-dollar empire.
When all five New Yorkers receive an anonymous, mysterious invitation to the Fifth Avenue Story Society, they suspect they’re victims of a practical joke. No one knows who sent the invitations or why. No one has heard of the literary society. And no one is prepared to bear their deepest secrets to a roomful of strangers.
Yet curiosity and loneliness bring them back week after week to the old library. And it’s there they discover the stories of their hearts, and the kind of friendship and love that heals their souls.
My Thoughts
A master of Christian romance
offers a tale of life, love, and loss in the form of a mystery that brings
together four unlikely characters.
When I first read about this
book, I was very excited. I’ve read and enjoyed other books by Rachel Hauck and
the premise for this story sounded so interesting. For the first quarter of the
novel, I was pretty into the story. The writing is fluid and the plot is right
up my alley. But toward the middle, things just kind of fell apart for me. I
think the main issue is the characters. I just didn’t really feel connected to
them.
I also didn’t care for the way
the way the author continually referred to intimacies between Jett and Lexa.
Like, we get it; things are going to be awkward with them sharing space after
their divorce. We don’t need all the details. Call me a prude (it’s nothing
new!) but that just got on my nerves.
Overall, I think if you’re a
diehard fan of Rachel Hauck, then you will like this book. This just wasn’t the
book for me, and that’s okay. Not every novel is for every reader.
All opinions expressed in this
review are my own. Thanks to Thomas Nelson and NetGalley for my complimentary
copy.
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