Welcome to the Neighborhood by Lisa Roe

Welcome to the Neighborhood by Lisa Roe

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This story was fun and lighthearted with some drama and seriousness thrown in the mix as well. It’s especially great if you’re a fan of Gilmore Girls with Lorelei and Rory but instead of being in the quaint town of Stars Hollow, it’s like the town of Desperate Housewives.
The narrator, Emma Love, did a fantastic job with this story. She did all the characters’ voices and I couldn’t tell that she was the only narrator. I wondered if there was more than one narrator so it’s always been amazing to me how well some narrators like Emma can do. She does great at the voices, bringing the characters to life and drawing you into the story and bringing the world, etc. to life also.
In this book, Ginny, a single mom, and her daughter, 11-year-old Harri, move to a posh neighborhood from the ‘wrong side of town’ with Jeff, who was divorced and married Ginny. They move into the house that Jeff lived in with his ex-wife and things become complicated as they try to fit in this new neighborhood with these new more upscale neighbors. Ginny and Harri have to navigate and figure things out with PTA Moms, mean girls, and real housewife contenders. When secrets, bad behavior and the like take a toll on Ginny and Harri and their new marriage/family, Ginny has to decide what’s important and what to protect.
This does have a bit of content that could be triggering with attempted rape, death of a loved one/cancer, divorce, bullying, and possibly touching on the subject of unhealthy eating related to bullying. This is a rather fun and lighthearted read that leaves you feeling happy and uplifted after the end even though there are some hard things and emotional parts in it too.
Make sure to pick this one up and give it a listen. Thanks so much to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for letting me listen and review this ALC (Advanced Listening Copy). All thoughts and opinions are my own.



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