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kbranfield's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars.
Vegas Girls by Heather Skyler is a lovely novel of friendship that will resonate with readers of contemporary women's fiction. This poignant story spans a weeklong reunion between three childhood friends who are at a crossroads in their respective lives.
Ivy Jacobsen and her husband Frank have recently returned to Las Vegas and she is playing host to her childhood friends Ramona and Jane in the week leading up to her son's first birthday. A chance encounter with her former boyfriend Jeremy Burnham resurrects both bittersweet and painful memories from a tumultuous time during her teenage years. While their romance was somewhat rocky, Ivy cannot forget how he thoughtful and sweet he was during a painful period in her life. Seeing him again stirs up her unresolved issues and raises fears that history will eventually repeat itself now that Ivy is a mom.
Jane now lives in Wisconsin with her husband Adam and their two young children. Depressed after recently losing her job, she is growing increasingly dissatisfied with her marriage and she is seriously considering a divorce. Hoping the week with her friends will provide her with some much needed clarity, Jane keeps her problems to herself as she grows frustrated with the demands of parenting two young kids. She is attracted to a newly divorced father of two in Ivy's neighborhood but will Jane act on her feelings for the handsome stranger?
Both Jane and Ivy wonder if their never married friend Ramona will bail on the reunion so they are pleasantly surprised by her arrival. A successful musician, she is still playing in local venues while her band regroups after losing some of their members. While she is looking forward to reconnecting with her friends, Ramona is secretly searching for the son she gave up for adoption years earlier. Haunted by regrets, will finding her son help Ramona come to terms with the events that are occurring in the present?
With the non-glamorous side of Las Vegas serving as a backdrop, Vegas Girls by Heather Skyler is a beautifully rendered novel of friendship. The characters are multi-faceted with relatable struggles and issues to overcome. The storyline is well-developed and quite riveting with the chapters alternating between each of the various characters' perspectives. I greatly enjoyed and highly recommend this compelling story that perfectly captures the complexities of friendship, the regret for past choices and the hope for a happy future.
Vegas Girls by Heather Skyler is a lovely novel of friendship that will resonate with readers of contemporary women's fiction. This poignant story spans a weeklong reunion between three childhood friends who are at a crossroads in their respective lives.
Ivy Jacobsen and her husband Frank have recently returned to Las Vegas and she is playing host to her childhood friends Ramona and Jane in the week leading up to her son's first birthday. A chance encounter with her former boyfriend Jeremy Burnham resurrects both bittersweet and painful memories from a tumultuous time during her teenage years. While their romance was somewhat rocky, Ivy cannot forget how he thoughtful and sweet he was during a painful period in her life. Seeing him again stirs up her unresolved issues and raises fears that history will eventually repeat itself now that Ivy is a mom.
Jane now lives in Wisconsin with her husband Adam and their two young children. Depressed after recently losing her job, she is growing increasingly dissatisfied with her marriage and she is seriously considering a divorce. Hoping the week with her friends will provide her with some much needed clarity, Jane keeps her problems to herself as she grows frustrated with the demands of parenting two young kids. She is attracted to a newly divorced father of two in Ivy's neighborhood but will Jane act on her feelings for the handsome stranger?
Both Jane and Ivy wonder if their never married friend Ramona will bail on the reunion so they are pleasantly surprised by her arrival. A successful musician, she is still playing in local venues while her band regroups after losing some of their members. While she is looking forward to reconnecting with her friends, Ramona is secretly searching for the son she gave up for adoption years earlier. Haunted by regrets, will finding her son help Ramona come to terms with the events that are occurring in the present?
With the non-glamorous side of Las Vegas serving as a backdrop, Vegas Girls by Heather Skyler is a beautifully rendered novel of friendship. The characters are multi-faceted with relatable struggles and issues to overcome. The storyline is well-developed and quite riveting with the chapters alternating between each of the various characters' perspectives. I greatly enjoyed and highly recommend this compelling story that perfectly captures the complexities of friendship, the regret for past choices and the hope for a happy future.
rachelwelch330's review against another edition
4.0
This book is different than one I'd normally read, but I enjoyed it. the story showed a glimpse into different relationships and how they each unravel and get tied back together. there wasn't much of a plot, more of a look into the lives of some friends for a week. Definitely fits in the genre of women's fiction, and not in a bad way.
suspensethrill's review
3.0
What a fun girly read! Great characters who were relatable and interesting; I loved the large contrast shown between friends of the same age at totally different stages of life. Full review to come.
Thanks Goodreads Giveaway for my copy!
Thanks Goodreads Giveaway for my copy!
mrsdmvh's review
4.0
For those of you who may or may not know, I live in Las Vegas. Obviously I was attracted to a book called Vegas Girls. This story is about three best friends who come back together in their hometown, Las Vegas.
Quick personal note. Dear Heather Skyler, Thank you for portraying Vegas as…Vegas. The Vegas as locals see it, breathe it, and feel it. I love it. Love, Me. Ok, now for the rest of you who may not be from Las Vegas PLEASE read this. Especially if you think everyone who lives here lives on the Strip. I appreciated every detail in this book because it was ALL real! Now I must eat at the Mexican restaurant mentioned in the book (Ricardo’s) because I’m intrigued.
So the story. Ivy is married and moved back to Las Vegas with her husband and son who is turning one. Ramona and Jane both live out of state now and come back to town to celebrate. It is the first time they have all been together in Vegas since they graduated high school.
Each woman is struggling with something in her life. Ivy just ran into her ex-boyfriend at the grocery store and started a friendship with him. She’s also worried to death that somehow she will just up and leave like her mother did to her when she was in high school. Ramona is a bit of a wild child whose career in music just never quite took off. She’s dealing with pain of the loss of her brother, mother, and a child she put up for adoption when she was in high school. Jane has two children in tow and wants to leave her husband of eleven years. She happens to meet a single neighbor while on her vacation and it helps her to see what she wants out of her relationship with her husband.
Every woman in this book is facing a tough spot in their life. They are there to help each other and work through it and I am happy to report that each of these women gets what they need to move on with their lives. The ending is very anti-climactic although someone does get shoved into a pool. At first this disappointed me but after thinking about it, this book ended perfectly. This felt like a real story with real people and this is how I would hope it would end for them.
I fell in love with these characters and I want more, so much more. I will say it was a bit odd that the friends would just take off and leave without saying anything to anyone, but, I guess some friendships work like that.
I am giving this book 4 stars. I am happy to have stumbled across the ad for this book on Facebook one day and bite the bullet and bought it. It is a well written novel that will have you thinking about your life and how you are going through it.
Quick personal note. Dear Heather Skyler, Thank you for portraying Vegas as…Vegas. The Vegas as locals see it, breathe it, and feel it. I love it. Love, Me. Ok, now for the rest of you who may not be from Las Vegas PLEASE read this. Especially if you think everyone who lives here lives on the Strip. I appreciated every detail in this book because it was ALL real! Now I must eat at the Mexican restaurant mentioned in the book (Ricardo’s) because I’m intrigued.
So the story. Ivy is married and moved back to Las Vegas with her husband and son who is turning one. Ramona and Jane both live out of state now and come back to town to celebrate. It is the first time they have all been together in Vegas since they graduated high school.
Each woman is struggling with something in her life. Ivy just ran into her ex-boyfriend at the grocery store and started a friendship with him. She’s also worried to death that somehow she will just up and leave like her mother did to her when she was in high school. Ramona is a bit of a wild child whose career in music just never quite took off. She’s dealing with pain of the loss of her brother, mother, and a child she put up for adoption when she was in high school. Jane has two children in tow and wants to leave her husband of eleven years. She happens to meet a single neighbor while on her vacation and it helps her to see what she wants out of her relationship with her husband.
Every woman in this book is facing a tough spot in their life. They are there to help each other and work through it and I am happy to report that each of these women gets what they need to move on with their lives. The ending is very anti-climactic although someone does get shoved into a pool. At first this disappointed me but after thinking about it, this book ended perfectly. This felt like a real story with real people and this is how I would hope it would end for them.
I fell in love with these characters and I want more, so much more. I will say it was a bit odd that the friends would just take off and leave without saying anything to anyone, but, I guess some friendships work like that.
I am giving this book 4 stars. I am happy to have stumbled across the ad for this book on Facebook one day and bite the bullet and bought it. It is a well written novel that will have you thinking about your life and how you are going through it.
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