It's a Waverly Life
Written by Maria Murnane
Narrated by Julia Whelan
4/5
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About this audiobook
Readers first met the irrepressible Waverly Bryson in Perfect on Paper, and now the woman dubbed by fans “the American Bridget Jones” is back in a sequel packed with friendship, heartache, and romance.
The formerly heartbroken singleton is now happily enmeshed in a new relationship, a new job, and a new decade. Her career as an advice columnist is taking off, and the future of her fledgling greeting-card line is bright. Of course, where Waverly goes, drama is sure to follow, and this time is no exception. Her broken engagement has left her gun-shy when it comes to love, putting strain on her long-distance relationship with handsome Jake McIntyre. And when her best friends both make life-changing announcements, Waverly fears she is being left behind by the ones she loves most.
In true Waverly fashion, things must get comically worse before they can get better. But in the end, she discovers that though life (before and after thirty) may be messy and unpredictable, friendship and love make it all worthwhile.
Maria Murnane
Maria Murnane left a successful career as a public-relations executive to pursue a more fulfilling life as a novelist and speaker. Her own “story behind the story” is an entertaining tale of the courage, passion, and perseverance required to get the first Waverly novel, Perfect on Paper, published. (Chocolate for Two is the fourth in the series, following It's a Waverly Life and Honey on Your Mind.) Maria graduated with high honors in English and Spanish from the University of California–Berkeley, where she was a Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholar. She also holds a master’s degree in integrated marketing communications from Northwestern University. She currently lives in New York City.
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Reviews for It's a Waverly Life
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Oh no! It’s a Waverly Life started with Waverly solidly back at square one in terms of personal growth and self-confidence. I was pretty disappointed in our heroine, as her insecurities directly caused nearly all the challenges she faces in this book. However, she pulled herself together faster than in the first book and she does eventually deal with the challenges she’s facing head on. It’s a believable segue to her becoming permanently more confident as she deals with all her demons. By the end of the book, I liked her again. I was even pretty impressed with her. And I loved that the author made me care about Waverly and root for her the whole way through.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Recovering from a terribly bad break-up and moving into a career where she dishes out advice to recipients of terrible dates wasn’t exactly what Waverly Bryson had planned on. Charging forward into a new career, new life and potentially new love Waverly’s determined to make it but isn’t quite sure where to start. Fortunately for her she has some amazing friends, a fabulous new boyfriend and a very mysterious neighbor with a penchant for knowing exactly what she needs & when she needs to hear it. Things can go only up unless her appearance on a very popular morning news show goes completely wrong, but Waverly is certain that’s not possible.Hilarious. If I had to sum up It’s a Waverly Life in one word that would be the one; hilarious! Waverly Bryson reminded me of every chick lit character I’ve ever loved and hoped for. She’s a bit of Becky Bloomwood and Elle Woods rolled into one smashing character. Not only is she funny, quirky and at times a complete klutz but she’s also intelligent, thoughtful and entirely human. Waverly is the kind of character you can see yourself in completely, because who hasn’t said (or not said) entirely the wrong thing at the wrong time?Besides being completely in love with Waverly’s character I also loved the story. In a way it reminded me a great deal of Sophie Kinsella’s Shopaholic because of the newspaper columnist aspect of Waverly’s job and the writing style of the book, but there were a number of other things that stood out. Waverly’s relationships with her two other girlfriends were fantastic! On numerous occasions they get together over drinks and the humor that follows is second to none. At one point in the story Waverly offends her best friend Andie and what I enjoyed about this was that it wasn’t the end of the relationship by any means. You certainly have time to worry about their friendship, but it’s honest and real. In addition to the friendship aspect of the story I loved the character of “Red”, her next door neighbor and her co-workers at the newspaper Ivy and Nick. All of these relationships make up an astounding cast of characters that bring the story to life.Of course I can’t fail to mention Waverly’s romantic interest Jake McIntyre because he was delightful. There were a few times I had wished things would move a little faster with the two of them, but their varying locations (one in San Francisco and one in Atlanta) made that a bit difficult. Overall though I loved that things seemed to progress relatively naturally for the both of them, it made it that much more believable and hugely more romantic.It’s a Waverly Life by Maria Murnane is by far one of the funniest and most enjoyable Chick Lit novels of 2011! Waverly Bryson and her cast of friends, family and co-workers are a laugh a minute but carry very real and believable experiences with them throughout the pages of this brilliant story. Though this is the second in the Waverly Bryson series it easily could be a stand alone novel, though after reading it I don’t know how you could resist picking up the first in the series Perfect on Paper. Maria Murnane is an author I’ll be anticipating great novels from in the future and I’m honestly hoping there’s another story in the works with her fabulous leading lady Waverly!Originally reviewed and copyrighted at my site, Chick Lit Reviews and News.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5After a hard-won recovery from personal heartbreak and professional disappointment, thirty-year-old Waverly Bryson finds herself happily enmeshed in a new relationship, a new job, and a new decade. Her career as the advice columnist behind Honey On Your Mind is taking off, and the future of her fledgling greeting-card line, Honey Notes, is looking bright. Better yet, her long-distance relationship with handsome, NBA physical therapist Jake McIntyre is a refreshing change from the dating disasters of her twenties. But love is never easy. Even though her relationship with her ex-fiance ended two years ago, Waverly still worries she’ll end up broken-hearted again. When Waverly gets invited on the Today Show for Valentine’s Day to share advice from her dating column she’s thrilled by her big break, but a few slips on live television put her own relationships in serious jeopardy. It might just take some “divine” intervention, a la It’s A Wonderful Life, to help Waverly fix this one.This is the 2nd book about Waverly and her adventures of going through life's ups and downs. If you didn't read the 1st book "Perfect on Paper," you should still be able to read this one with no problem, but if I were you I would get it and read it too!! (you can see my review of it HERE).I really enjoyed the flow of the story throughout the book. Every chapter has you wondering will she or won't she do this, or that. Would "I" do what she did?? I felt like the author knew something about MY life that she put into the story! I especially liked the 'special' neighbor that is helpful to her, without her really realizing it. The only slow part of the book for me was toward the end when Waverly got everyone together at her house to make her big announcement. It just seemed a bit too long of a scene for what was said for me. If you want to sit back with your favorite drink and read a cozy story that makes you laugh and cry, this is the book for you!The author, Maria Murnane, has created a character that could easily be any one of us single girls out there longing to find THE ONE person we want to share our lives with forever, the ONE job that will make us happy, and the friends and family that make ones life worth living!!