Review: My Biggest Mistake by Leddy Harper

My Biggest Mistake by Leddy Harper
Published July 9th 2015 by Leddy Harper

Edie had spent her whole life planning her future, imagining her husband, her kids, and even which minivan she’d drive. Lucky for her, she didn’t have to wait long, marrying her high school sweetheart right after graduation.

All of Edie’s dreams had come true, until they were no longer her dreams. Unable to deal with the lingering depression caused by having children, she left her whole life behind, walking away from the one thing she'd always wanted.

Donovan Leery loved his wife with everything he had and could never imagine life without her. Until he came home from work one day and found a letter from Edie, explaining she needed a break. Not only leaving him to live his life without her, but alone to raise their three small children.

But what happens when Edie is ready to come home? When she’s ready to fight for it all back? She knew it wouldn’t be easy. But she didn’t care. After spending years getting her life back together, she was ready to fight for her family. And a fight is what Donovan would give her.

She'd fight to make up for her Biggest Mistake.

My Thoughts
I would have finished this sooner if life wasn't so hectic. This story caught my attention for so many reasons. Going into it, I thought Edie left it all behind to recapture her youth and the fun she missed out on by getting married so early in life and having children at a young age. This novel is definitely not that at all.

My Biggest Mistake tackles serious subjects like post-pardum depression and the stress of marriage. I feel Leddy Harper did a good job of laying out the facts from Edie's and Donovan's perspective. Very rarely do I not pick a side and rally for one not both. However, when it came to this story, Edie and Donovan equally earned my loyalty. Not what I thought would happen before diving into this novel. I thought for sure I was going to dislike Edie and align with Donovan's side.

Overall, My Biggest Mistake is an emotional novel where a broken character took the lead in telling her story and did so with surprising strength and determination to make it though. Great book!

4 Suns