GRR Reviews With No Regrets by Julie N. Ford

With No Regrets is about Finley, a 40 year old who had just divorced her cheating husband and had a public meltdown about how sorry everybody else is about her. Her only solace was her friend Cathyanne, who managed to set Finley up with both their hunky (but 10 years younger) personal trainer Sean, and Finley's neighbor, the country star Quinton Towns, who cites Finley as his muse. With children grown and away to college, Finley may be, for the first time in her life, be ready to think about herself and what she wanted in life, rather than conforming to other people's expectations of her, and she wanted to live a life with no regrets, to let it all go... But can she, when her family, her neighbors, her "friends", and even her lovers all have expectations of her?

In a way, this is the perfect novel, if a bit dramatized, of a woman's mid-life crisis. A husband who gives her a car she didn't want, roses she didn't like, yet she never expressed her disinterest, whose fault was it? Yes, her husband cheated on her, but is divorcing him the right answer? When did the spark die and was it ever coming back? Is having a fling with a younger guy "appropriate"... or even advisable? What exciting thing had she done in her life? What had she accomplished? And perhaps the most important, to whom does her heart belong? These are all questions for Finley to answer so she can live with no regrets. If she did appear a bit self-centered, it's probably overcompensation for having spent the previous 40 years worrying about expectations.

All the other characters are less detailed, but they really do have distinct personalities, and in the end, Finley will have to choose one. I just somehow feel the novel is a bit too long and slow at times.

Category: contemporary

Primary Plot: A woman's mid-life crisis: free from marriage and kids, how will she handle herself with all the freedom?

Tropes: triangle, 

Overall Rating:  4 /5 (rounded up from 3.5/5)