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After I Do

By: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
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Summary

 From the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, comes a breath taking novel about modern marriage, the depth of family ties, and the year that one remarkable heroine spends exploring both.

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.
 Contemporary Contemporary Romance Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Women's Fiction Marriage
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Critic reviews

Praise for Taylor Jenkins Reid

‘Spellbinding’ Emily Giffin

‘Full of raw human emotion’ Beth O’Leary

‘An entirely fresh and new perspective on what can happen after the "happily ever after”’ Jen Lancaster

‘The very best of Classic Hollywood intrigue, a delicious twist and incisive commentary on the wages of stardom’ Anne Helen Petersen

‘I can't remember the last time I read a book that was so fun’ Dolly Alderton

‘The characters were beautifully layered and complex... captured my heart’ Reese Witherspoon

‘Everyone should read this’ Claudia Winkleman

‘Dramatic, salacious and oh-so-romantic’ Woman & Home

‘Wildy addictive’ PopSugar

‘Glamour, ambition and shocking secrets’ People

‘Earth-shaking… you will flip for this epic love story’ Cosmopolitan

‘Heartwrenching’ Us Weekly

‘Reid masterfully grabs hold of the heartstrings and doesn't let go’ Publishers Weekly

‘No one does life and love better’ InStyle
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I enjoy these books. This one (for me) isn’t as strong as Seven Husbands or Daisy Jones but still an enjoyable, entertaining and easy listen.

Entertaining

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I loved the characters had depth in this story. I love this writer. I have now completed all of her books

Cute story

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It was an easy story to follow but not a lot happens I understand it’s about a marriage breaking down and what happens next but I just felt a little more could have been explored. I enjoyed it for what it was but I wasn’t overwhelmed.

Easy read but slow

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I really enjoyed this book but the ending went on a bit so much so I couldn’t wait for it to finish

Really good but

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Really made me reflect and think on my own marriage in a positive way. A reminder to still see your other half but take care of yourself too.

Great book

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