The Boys

Find my full review on Literary Quicksand: https://literaryquicksand.com/2022/07/review-the-boys-by-katie-hafner/

This book surprised me and stole my heart.

The Boys is one of those books that's going to stick in my head for a long time. It's also a book that I'm going to be recommending to my friends and family! In fact, my mother-in-law already read it, couldn't put it down, and loved it.

First of all, I loved Ethan and Barb's budding relationship in the beginning. The story of how they meet and date is so sweet, and I fell in love with them while they fell in love with each other.

The story moves on to a struggle with infertility, and eventually the introduction of “the boys” – the book's namesake. Everything changes in the couple's lives when the boys join the family, and it's a bit heartbreaking to watch them fall apart. Barb drifts apart while Ethan gets a bit obsessive. And then, everything changes.

I can't tell you anything about what changes, because that would spoil the story and you absolutely can't know what that surprise is until you read it for yourself. That makes the rest of the book a little hard to review, but I'll do my best