The Friends We Keep by Jane Green
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: June 4, 2019
Format: via publisher
Rating: 4.5/5
Synopsis
Evvie, Maggie, and Topher have known each other since university. Their friendship was something they swore would last forever. Now years have passed, the friends have drifted apart, and none of them ever found the lives they wanted – the lives they dreamed of when they were young and everything seemed possible.
Evvie starved herself to become a supermodel but derailed her career by sleeping with a married man. Maggie married Ben, the boy she fell in love with at university, never imagining the heartbreak his drinking would cause.
Topher became a successful actor but the shame of a childhood secret shut him off from real intimacy. By their thirtieth reunion, these old friends have lost touch with each other and with the people they dreamed of becoming. Together again, they have a second chance at happiness… until a dark secret is revealed that changes everything.
My Thoughts
Oh, how I loved Jane Green’s newest book! We meet three teens as they start university and become fast friends. Evvie and Maggie who become roommates after they hated theirs and Topher who they meet soon after. We go through the years with these three as they experience life and love and how they vowed they will remain friends no matter what life throws at them.
Evvie and Maggie are the closest of friends, they were always together and helped each other through hardships and heartbreaks but as time went on they lost touch but knew if they needed each other they would be there. Evvie went on to be a supermodel while Maggie married her longtime love, Ben. We see them as time passes and Evvie who has always had body issues doesn't think highly of herself and gets into relationships that aren't healthy. Though she does meet one guy who takes her by surprise but to only reject him because although she loves him and he loves her they union would only hurt someone she loves. So when something happens she decides to keep the one thing that made her life complete a secret, hoping that no one finds out. Maggie and Ben seem to have the perfect marriage but behind closed doors, things aren't so. Maggie can't have the one thing she longs for and Ben has issues he just can't overcome.
Topher was the fun-loving guy who had Evvie and Maggie on their toes. He was fun and a great friend his dream was to become an actor so he moves to NYC and becomes famous as a soap star. Never really dating he soon falls in love with a man but tragedy strikes and he loses the love of his life. We see him raise as a soap star but always has his best friends in his heart.
As their university reunion comes along they all decide to come together and go. While they haven't seen each other in years as soon as they are together it's like no time has passed. Maggie is recovering from a huge loss, Evvie is getting over a horrible marriage and Topher is enjoying his life right now. They all decide they need each other and want to live together and as soon as this happens the past catches up with them and this could break up their friendships forever. The one thing that brought joy to one could possibly bring heartache to another.
I really enjoyed this book, I loved the storyline and the characters and I was completed satisfied with the book overall. However, while I loved all the characters my favorites were Evvie and Maggie. Their storylines were the backbone of this novel and I couldn't get enough of it. I loved how we saw these characters evolved over time and how they grew and the mistakes they made. This is now my favorite Jane Green book hands down! This is an epic story of friendship, love and deep kept secrets that will test just how strong forgiveness is. This is one read that makes for the perfect Summer book it has everything you could want with characters that will stay with you long after the last page.
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