Mairy's Reviews > Honey Girl

Underwhelmed by the lack of storyline and character development.

This is the story of Grace Porter, a mixed race 29 year old lesbian (Black father in the military and white, bohemian mother). She lives in Portland with her very strict father; she went against his wishes bny studying astronomy instead of medicine. She still still ends up with a PhD but she feels like she let her father down. She wasn't able to make him proud of her.

We are following this Honey girl character and her acceptance of not following the path her father set up in his mind for her. Her pursuit of purpose. She struggles with her relationships, with her choice of a professional path, with who she is. Does her mom in Florida still cares for her. Does this mystery female she marries by accident on a celebratory night in Vegas really exist? Who is she? Should she look for her and touch base? Or should she annul the marriage?

I did not connect with any single character as I felt like all remained quite stereotypical with little depth. I also wasn't able to put myself in Grace's shoes, understand her and empathize for her. Her friendships were a little "too much" for adult women, not realistic. I felt that there was too much hoopla for nothing , really. I expected so much more out of this book.

Thank you Net Galley and Wednesday Books for this e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.