Synopsis:~

According to Dr. Maggie Maguire, happiness is serious science, as serious as Maggie takes herself. But science can’t always account for life’s anomalies–for instance, why her fiancé dumped her for a silk-scarf acrobat and how the breakup sent Maggie spiraling into an extended ice cream-fueled chick flick binge.

Concerned that she might never pull herself out of this nosedive, Maggie’s friends book her as a speaker on a “New Year, New You” cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. Maggie wonders if she’s qualified to teach others about happiness when she can’t muster up any for herself. But when a handsome stranger on board insists that smart women can’t ever be happy, Maggie sets out to prove him wrong. Along the way she may discover that happiness has far less to do with the head than with the heart.

Filled with memorable characters, snappy dialogue, and touching romance, Kristin Billerbeck’s The Theory of Happily Ever After shows that the search for happiness may be futile–because sometimes happiness is already out there searching for you.

My take:~

Kristin Billerbeck’s return to publication made my day! I’ve long been a fan of Kristin’s voice and she’s splashed back with the standalone novel, The Theory of Happily Ever After. While Chick Lit has floundered in the past decade, this novel reminds me why it became so popular. Maggie bemoans her lot in life, has some stalwart and mismatched friends, and enters into something of a war of words with the oh so handsome, and equally jaded, Sam Wellington. This is a light-hearted romp around a cruise ship, underpinned with a layered treatment of the pursuit of happiness and the human heart. Nicely done by Kristin and I’m definitely hoping for more stories to come.

With thanks to the publisher for my review copy

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