Score: 4/5 Bookmarks

Thank you to Berkley for gifting me a review copy of Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes by Alexa Martin.

I am a huge Alexa Martin fan! And what’s the one thing she can write even better than sparkling romances? Ride-or-die female friendships that practically jump off the page. Although really, who am I kidding….she could write a shopping list that I wouldn’t be able to put down, she’s a genius.

Lauren Turner has split up with her fiance and moved herself and her five-year-old daughter into a townhouse with her best friend Jude. Jude is an Instagram influencer who just had her dream of starting a pilates studio crushed when her beau ran off with her seed money. The two of them have been friends since the third grade, and have been there for each other through everything….but shit’s about to get real. Can their friendship withstand it?

This book explores female friendships, and mother-daughter relationships in a way that will have your heart aching, but also make you smile and want to call your bestie. I’ll admit there were a few aspects of the story that were so real for me I had a little trouble keeping my anxiety in check. But that’s the beauty of Alexa’s writing, you’ll swear you know these people, and feel as if you are right there with them.

If you haven’t pre-ordered this one yet, you’ll want to get on that. It comes out on September 7.

Synopsis:

Two best friends say I do to living together, for better or worse, in this bold women's fiction novel from Alexa Martin.

Jude Andrews is famous. Well, at least on Instagram. Her brand is clean eating, good vibes, Pilates, and casually looking like a sun-kissed goddess. In real life, however, she's a total disaster. She has a strained relationship with her fame-hungry mom and her latest bad decision emptied out her entire savings account.

Lauren Turner had a plan: graduate medical school and become the top surgeon in the country. But when she became unexpectedly pregnant, those plans changed. And when her fiancé left her, they changed again. Now navigating the new world of coparenting, mom groups, and dating, she decides to launch a mommy podcast with all the advice she wishes someone had given her.

Jude and Lauren don't have much in common, but maybe that's why they've been best friends since the third grade. Through ups and downs, they've been by each other's sides. But now? They're broke, single, and do the only thing that makes sense--move in together, just like they talked about when they were teenagers. Except when they were younger, the plan didn't include a five-year-old daughter and more baggage than their new townhouse can hold.