Finishing Touches

Finishing Touches

***** (5/5)

Finishing Touches by Deanna Krizis is a novel that explores something few novels (or at least ones that I have read) have touched. The story begins with twenty nine year old Jesse, and aspiring furniture designer living in L.A., working at mundane, sublime job with no dating prospects, but with her two best friends in tow. When one her best friend Cecile dies unexpectedly in a car crash, Jesse life is turned upside in more ways than one. Besides loosing a best friend, she also begins to Fall in love with her ex- fiancé with.

This book took on the subject of loosing friends. Books deal with loosing family members, husbands, wives and mothers and they deal with loosing friends to cancer, but many times the people in this book seem older. This was book deals with all the trials and tribulations of the twenties themselves AND what happens when you loose a friends. Many times there are no support groups or books on this, and people don’t pay attention to the friends even though the girlfriend bond is one of the strongest bonds in the world. Krisis deals with how everyone, from the ex-fiancé Zach, to the other member of the fabulous threesome, to Zach’s family and finally how Jesse, who has been wandering lost deals with the grief.

I thoroughly enjoyed this books which a book on life, love (lost and found), friendship, grief and growth. I highly recommended this book. Although the back makes this book seem like “light” chick lit- its not and is rather deep and doesn’t come with the requisite happy ending, although the ending is good and happy.

Other suggestion:

The Myth of you and Me- Leah Stewart