Title: Evidence of the Affair
Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Genre: Contemporary
My Rating: 4/5 stars
For a short story, I’ll be writing a short review (which tends to be my type of review anyway; who wants to read a book about a book?).
This is a story told in letters written between Carrie and David. Their spouses are cheating on them with each other’s spouses. Messy stuff.
It begins with Carrie writing to David to inform him that his wife is having an affair with her husband. She knows this because she’s found some letters addressed to her husband from David’s wife. Carrie asks David if he can look for letters from her husband among his wife’s things because she just wants to know why, and asks if he wants to see his wife’s letters.
So begins the correspondence between the two as they cope with the pain of betrayal and ask each other for advice. What will they do? Will they try to work things out? Will they confront their spouses?
It’s a very easy read, and the end is both satisfying and yet not enough. It makes me wish there had been just a little bit more, or maybe even, dare I say it, a sequel? In such a short amount of time, Reid made me fall in love with Carrie and David. I cared for them both and wanted to see them happy.
I’ve had varying experiences reading Reid’s work, but I can say that this was a win for me.
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