Out of the Clear Blue Sky by Kristan Higgins – a Review

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Description:
Lillie Silva knew life as an empty nester would be hard after her only child left for college, but when her husband abruptly dumps her for another woman just as her son leaves, her world comes crashing down. Besides the fact that this announcement is a complete surprise (to say the least), what shocks Lillie most is that she isn’t…heartbroken. She’s furious.

Lillie has loved her life on Cape Cod, but as a mother, wife and nurse-midwife, she’s used to caring for other people…not taking care of herself. Now, alone for the first time in her life, she finds herself going a little rogue. Is it over the top to crash her ex-husband’s wedding, dressed like the angel of death? Sure! Should she release a skunk into his perfect new home? Probably not! But it beats staying home and moping.

She finds an unexpected ally in her glamorous sister, with whom she’s had a tense relationship all these years. And an unexpected babysitter in of all people Ben Hallowell, the driver in a car accident that nearly killed Lillie 20 years ago. And then there’s Ophelia, her ex-husband’s oddly lost niece, who could really use a friend.

It’s the end of Lillie’s life as she knew it. But sometimes the perfect next chapter surprises you…out of the clear blue sky.

Review:

Out of the Clear Blue Sky by Kristan Higgins is another one of her wonderful standalone novels. Lillie Silva, our heroine, is happily married, and soon with her husband, will be an empty nester; as their son leaves for college.  Just when she surprises her husband with plans for a vacation; she gets the shock of her life, as he tells her he wants a divorce, and has fallen in love with another women.  Needless to say, Lillie is not only heartbroken, but furious. I have to say her husband, Brad was an obnoxious idiot (I would say more, but you get the drift).   

Lillie is a midwife nurse, who helps women in labor, and very popular.  Her friends are appalled by what her husband has done, and are all loyal to her.   Seems the women Brad wants to marry, is very wealthy, and beautiful; but Lillie wants revenge against both of them.  Her plots against them were pretty funny, though somewhat over the top; a skunk in their new house, playing an angel of death in her all black garb at their wedding.  lol

Besides Lillie’s POV for most of the book, we do get Pov’s on Melissa, the woman Brad married.  At first, she wasn’t likeable, having a poor childhood, married a doctor, in a marriage that she was happy in, until he died, and becoming very wealthy upon his death.   Over time, we did get to like her better, especially when she becomes pregnant, and Lillie is the one who helps her.  By the last third of the book, Melissa became surprising sympathetic; seeing Brad in a bad light, as he really was a dork.  

I really did love Lillie, and how she helped the women through their pregnancy, and her wonderful loyal friends and family that supported her.  There was an amazing group of secondary characters, who were all so great.

Out of the Clear Blue Sky is a story that covers many facets of marriage, happiness, divorce, pregnancy, childbirth, forgiveness, family, romance and moving on.  Out of the Clear Blue Sky was so very well written by Kristan Higgins.  I suggest you read this book.

Reviewed by Barb

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