*Award-Winning Series!Sarah Hastings’ life is chaotic. Between running her organic farm, her yurt-style holistic B&B, and her vegan café Eat Me!, she barely has time for an aura cleanse. What’s more, her spirit guide just announced the universe is sending her a man.Suddenly, a sexy pro-football player, a hipster photojournalist, and fellow organic farmer practically fall from the sky onto her … fall from the sky onto her doorstep. But which one is her cosmic soulmate?
While Sarah meditates on the answer, her parents show up unexpectedly throwing the mother of all monkey wrenches into her carefully laid plans.
With only morning yoga and her erotic book club to keep her sane, no wonder she’s chucked her vegan diet in search of bacon. Will the stars of love align, or will the universe let her down in the biggest way possible?
Relatively Happy is a laugh-out-loud, cry-your-heart-out tale that will have you believing in the beauty of life’s journey.
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I was hoping Whitney Dineen would write a book about Sarah and she did! If you haven’t read her Relativity Series yet, stop everything and get to it! You will NOT be disappointed. You’ll laugh out loud, you’ll tear up, and you’ll leave smiling.
If you’re the least bit tenderhearted, this is not a book to read out in public. I found there were a lot of times I had to take a break to blink the tears from my eyes. There are a lot of big emotional moments that tug hard on the heartstrings. If the number of times I yelled at the Sarah and the book are an indication of how into the story I was, I was invested almost from the moment I cracked open the book. Sarah is a mighty judgmental little thing. She’s a bit bitter and not at all tolerant of anyone’s lifestyle that doesn’t perfectly match her vision of Utopia. This is my least favorite personality type to encounter. That left me large parts of the book that I didn’t like her at all. I might have actively hated her a time or two as well. Her bachelor (I’m not going to name him even though it’s pretty obvious from the start who it’s going to be) is the sweetest thing ever and I’m kind of baffled that he stuck with Sarah long enough for her to get past the worst of her disparaging attitudes and relax into the Universe’s plan.I loved the outlandish family and friends. They’re filled with wisdom – that Sarah seems to resist with all her being. They also have some of the best lines in the book.
I received a complimentary copy of this book through Hidden Gems Books.
Organic farmer Sarah: woman warrior ready for romance. Terrific
4.5stars
Author Whitney Dineen has added a bittersweet poignancy to her Relativity series here with Sarah’s story. Sarah is quirky, with a whole armada of holistic rituals and recipes that she wants to share with the world. She’s industrious, opinionated and not likely to suffer fools. While she thinks she’s open to romance, she’s wary and thinks she has good reason to distrust, especially Rix, the handsome former NFL player whose family owns the neighboring farm. And oh, do they lead each other a merry dance. I especially enjoyed Sarah’s campaign to get back at Rix, be it through a pie gone to waste or a sauna treatment gone wild.
Nan, the in-your-face octogenarian who dreams of brawny, kilted Scots warriors, is hilarious, as is her unworldly sidekick Dorcas. Just like the earlier books in the series, I had repeated LOL bouts while reading their zingers.
But there is a tragic, bittersweet twist to Sarah’s story and the sensitively told storyline about Sarah’s ailing father brought me to tears. I was not expecting this serious sadness, but I really liked Sarah all the better for the way her family troubles showed her softer, vulnerable side.
I did find the last few chapters before the epilogue a bit drawn out and some of the farm talk went over my head, but I loved the characters and the plot so, overall, a truly lovely read. Dineen is one of my go-to authors and I definitely was not disappointed!
I felt a lot of things when I read this book. Joy chief among them. There is so much whimsy and joy in this story and quirky characters that make you want to believe that wishing something – although after reading this I will make sure to send my wishes in a much more specific and detailed way – can net you an abundance of what you are looking for. I liked the hopefulness that Sarah lived and I am so glad that I got to spend time in her universe through this book.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Having read the previous book I was expecting something quit different. It took me a while to get into the lead character but it was so worth the effort! This story still has the laughs and quirky characters but so much more depth. In fact some of it brought me to tears. Well worth the read and I’ll be looking forward to more from this author.
I received anARC from the author and have voluntarily given my honest review.
I don’t know much about vegetarianism, yoga, or meditating. This book was chock-full of that. I loved it! I thought the characters were relatable, (especially Sarah, who seemed to jump to conclusions fairly easily, a trait I unfortunately share), and although the book was filled with ideals I don’t know much about, it didn’t feel preachy. I thought it was very funny, and actually laughed out loud at a couple of spots. I did sort of figure out the ending pretty quickly, but there were just enough surprises to keep it interesting, even at the end. I did not realize this was the 3rd book in a series, but don’t feel that anything was confusing in this book by not having read the first two books. (Although, now that I know they exist I’m going to have to back-track and read those as well.) All in all, a very amusing book and I’m looking forward to the next installment!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received this book from Hidden Gems for my honest review.
I tried to get into this book by Whitney Dineen. I felt like it was too slow in the build up and I really couldn’t get into this story. I felt like the characters lacked depth and I couldn’t even finish the book.