Book Review: The One That I Want by Allison Winn Scotch
What do you do when suddenly your perfect life is turned completely upside down? When everything you once treasured and cherished is swept away from before your eyes. This is what Tilly finds after a quick visit with an old friend, who’s now turned to a life of fortune telling, gifts her an incredible ability to see the future. The friends, the love, the town, her job, it all suddenly lacks the luster of years past and she’s left wondering if it’s her who’s changing or if it’s always been this way.
We all come to realizations in our lives, some sooner and others later in life. Unfortunately for Tilly it came at a point when she was finally settling into things, feeling like life was progressing happily and with very few bumps in the road. Yes, her best friends were separating and having their own marital problems, but her own marriage was going wonderfully. Tilly was walking around with “blinders” on so-to-speak. Her husband was upset with their current situation, her father was suffering a relapse of alcoholism and there were a number of other problems including her lack of ability to get pregnant. All of these things (and more) finally contribute to her slow descent into a more realistic outlook on life, something I’m not entirely sold on.
