Review: Man of My Dreams By Faith Andrews

Man of My Dreams by Faith Andrews
Georgie's rating: 3.5 of 5 stars

This is a romance about Mia Page and the journey from High School to her early thirties. It starts off with a teenage Mia who has a humongous crush on Noah Matheson and goes from there. However, the story doesn’t just plod through her life, from chapter to chapter. It skips from teenage Mia, to housewife with two kids Mia married to gorgeous Declan Murphy and living with the pressures of married life and that undiscovered territory of what could have been.

Throughout the book, I was hot and cold. I found it to be too long and wasn’t always appreciative of the flashbacks though they were necessary for the story to unfold and for the reader to understand where the characters were coming from. My gripe is they could have been shorter and sharper.

However, though I had these reservations, I was compelled to keep reading. It was an easy read as it was well written with some powerful scenes (including those under the bed covers!) that spiked and maintained my interest as the story unfolded. The characters and events were relatable. The temptations and chances to explore a life they never had were real. This realism was refreshing. I grappled with it but in the end it grabbed me and drew me in. Overall a good read.

Man of My Dreams

by Faith Andrews (Goodreads Author)

3.92 of 5 stars   rating details  ·  589 ratings  ·  155 reviews

Mia Murphy may be married to the man of her dreams. But the man in her dreams is the one that got away—her high school crush. 

Mia’s stuck in a rut, just like every other stay-at-home mom, and the only thing saving her from her monotonous routine is her perfect husband, Declan. He’s gorgeous, he adores her, and the man stole her heart with his sexy singing voice. Mia feels like the luckiest girl in the world, until she discovers that Mr. Perfect is not Mr. Faithful. Mia is devastated. Everything she once believed about Declan and their marriage is now covered in a big cloud of doubt and regret. On impulse, she kicks the cheating bastard out, pushing them into a separation that could mean the end of the picture-perfect couple. 

But when Mia receives an invitation to her high school reunion, she finds herself abandoning the present for the oh-so alluring pull of the past. Although her heart still belongs to her husband, inescapable thoughts of her crush, Noah, resurface. And ten years later, Noah isn’t afraid to make his move. When the build-up of fantasies and ‘what ifs' comes to a head, sparks fly and it’s Mia’s turn to question if her marriage is everything she wants out of life. Searching for answers, Mia dives head first into dating Noah, falling further away from her husband and closer to her old flame. 

But Declan’s not giving up so easily. Mia is his one and only and he’s not about to let another man win her heart.

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