Becca McCulloch Reads and Writes: Blog Tour: Love, Julie

A Poignant and Humorous Journey of Self-discovery, Resilience, and Redemption

Once, Julie dreamed of a life filled with love and laughter. Now, in her mid-forties, she faces a starkly different reality. She's single, lonely, and reeling from breaking her hard-earned sobriety in front of her family and friends.

Opting for self-recovery over romance, Julie dives into planning her best friend Kate’s wedding. However, sharing this task with the irritatingly cheerful best man, single dad Luke, proves to be an unexpected challenge.

As Luke’s persistent kindness chips away at her icy exterior, a friendship forms, stirring a longing she’d sworn to suppress. But with self-forgiveness as her biggest hurdle, and her past ready to sabotage her future, can Julie confront the shame and trauma that have darkened so much of her life and find the courage to love again? Or will her demons shatter both her and Luke’s hearts in the process?

Jamie Anderson, author of the hilarious and heartwarming Someone to Kiss, is back with another witty, acerbic, and relatable story. Love, Julie is a richly emotional tale of recovery, forgiveness, and romance that readers have praised for “nailing the humor and snarky nature of our generation.”

Review: oh my! What a truly delightful novel. Maybe I’ve had just the right number of complicated friends to find Julie endearing rather than irritating. She is trying *so* hard to be a better friend - and failing in ways that are all too relatable. The sarcastic and, yes, acerbic humor didn’t get as irritating as other novels who have tried this approach. The author hit that sweet spot by giving Julie enough charm to overcome any potential irritation. I found myself begging her to believe in herself and to give love a chance. I hope you do, too.

Content review - The novel gets an R rating for swearing and a modern morality about sex and sexiness. However, it was all integrated so well into character that I found it truthful rather than forced.

Purchase Links

https://mybook.to/lovejulie

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D135N3R8
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D135N3R8
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0D135N3R8
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0D135N3R8

Author Bio –

Jamie Anderson is based in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. A proud Canadian and Saskatchewanian, she wanted to set her first two novels in the place she was born and raised.

She’s been writing for as long as she can remember, and has been reading for longer than that. She lives happily with her mountain of books, her TV and her two plants.