I've read and enjoyed all the Thunder Point books but this one was kind of uninteresting. Part of the problem for me was neither Ginger nor Matt had a backstory that made me sympathize with them and understand why they got together now. Ginger married a wanna-be rock star with a huge ego and Matt married a wanna-be model who just wants to party. Both marriages end in divorce which one would expect except these weren't teenage marriages, they were both in their late twenties. Ginger goes from a hot mess to some type of Yoda dispensing wisdom and kindness while Mad Matt (I hated that name) finally learns to forgive. And that's after they meet where he's drunk and gropes her and she pushes him away and he falls down and knocks himself out. 
 I was much more interested in all the other folks who appeared in the story from previous books. I would have like to hear more about them. One of the reasons I like Ms. Carr's books is that she incorporates the whole town, weaving in several stories, but in A New Hope I felt she concentrated on the main couple too much. Charlie and his mother were introduced as new members of the town but not enough happened with them. 
 The writing was a little abrupt and the sex scenes seemed off. There were times when I thought Matt didn't have to just grab Ginger and take her to bed, they could have a little conversation first. I like this series and I'll continue to read but I was disappointed with this one.