Book Review: Campaign Widows | Aimee Agresti

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BOOK REVIEW⠀

BOOK: Campaign Widows

AUTHOR: Aimee Agresti 

@aimeeagresti

Publisher: Graydon House Books @graydonhousebooks

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Published: May 2, 2018

https://amzn.to/2JMZiXB

The Review

The Title/Cover Draw:

• I think the cover was what drew me to wanting to read this book. It’s fun and patriotic. Plus I read it this month because it seemed appropriate.

What I liked:

• There were quite a few unique characters and the story is told throughout different points of view.

What I didn’t like:

• This book was a struggle to get into and really start caring about the characters. 

What kept me reading:

• I was mostly intrigued by how all the characters came together and related to each other.

The Characters:

• Not gonna lie, I needed a list to keep all the characters straight. There was Birdie and Buck, Jay and Sky, Cady and Jackson, Madison and Hank. One part of each pair is a campaign widow, meaning their sig other is either run for or working for some kind of campaign.

The Ending:

• It all came together, but the ending just fell a little flat for me.

Consider if you like:

• Politics, high drama, or fun characters. 

 All thoughts and opinions are my own. 

Small Summary:

It’s an election season gone wild in this “irresistible” (Cosmopolitan) and “whip-smart” (Us Weekly) novel about a delicious cast of characters who forge an unlikely friendship while their significant others are out on the campaign trail.

Cady Davenport is living the American dream…

At least she’s supposed to be. She’s in a new city, with a new job and even a new fiancé . But when her husband-to-be hits the road for the upcoming presidential election, Cady realizes she’s on her own–and that her dream life might not be all she’d imagined.

Until she finds herself thrust straight into the heart of the most influential inner circle in Washington, DC: the campaign widows. As friends, they’re an unlikely group–a fabulous Georgetown doyenne, a speechwriter turned mommy blogger, an artsy website editor and a First Lady hopeful who’s not convinced she wants the job. But they share one undeniable bond: their spouses are all out on the trail during a hotly contested election season.

Cady is unsure of her place in their illustrious group, but with the pressures of the unprecedented election mounting, the widows’ worlds keep turning, faster than ever, as they hold down the fort while running companies, raising babies, racking up page views and even reinventing themselves. And their friendship might be just what Cady needs to find the strength to pursue her own happiness.

*****