3.5 stars 
 This is a book that recognizes the difficulty of spending your life with someone, having kids with them, and coming to a point where you don't remember the last time you were happy together. It's so easy to get lost in work and children, that you lose that special part of your marriage and the belief that love is enough. I enjoyed the flashbacks of how Georgie and Neal's relationship started and bloomed. Rowell has a way with making you feel their love, with beautiful descriptions of Neal painting artwork on Georgie and constantly doodling gerbils and hamsters to remind her which is which. I enjoyed the book, despite its predictable plotline. I understood where Georgie was coming from, desperately wishing for the happy times back, but unsure of how to get her relationship back to that point. It's so easy to lose happiness, but Georgie was reminded why she married Neal all those years ago.