Written by Anne Pfeffer, What We do for Love follows Nicole as her life changes rapidly in one day. A single mother, Nicole makes a living producing pottery and lives in the home she grew up in with her son. After a meeting, she gets the chance of a lifetime to create a piece for a large installation at an LA art location that will be the first thing everyone sees. And, later that day, she learns that her son got a girl pregnant.
I really appreciated this book because, despite the title, the main idea behind it wasn’t a romance. Though there is a really sweet romance throughout the novel. Very sweet. Its about the love for a child, and how people can grow on you, and overall love.
Again, this was a sweet novel, and Nicole is very much – in some ways – an artist who lives in her own head. She still sees her son as a boy, not as a teenager who would ever think of sleeping with a girl. She is blind to how her best friend – and former boyfriend from before her failed marriage and child – actually sees her. And she takes in a girl and takes on all of her problems. Nicole doesn’t want help from anyone, even when she needs it.
This is also a short novel, only 227 pages, and a quick read. The writing was decent, though not the most amazing, and the characters had depth, even if I found Nicole somewhat annoying at times with how she viewed her son. But, I don’t have children, and maybe someone who does can relate to the way she sees them.
I did get a copy of the book in exchange for writing this review.
