Story of My Life: A Kayla Hicks Book Review
What is Story of My Life by Lucy Score about?
A Gilmore Girls meets Schitt’s Creek redemption rom-com.
Hazel Hart was a successful romance novelist until a breakup drives her straight into writer’s block. Having failed (and failed some more) to deliver her new manuscript, she’s hiding from the world behind a wall of old takeout containers until her publisher lays down the law. If she misses her next deadline, it’s The End.
Desperate for inspiration, Hazel impulse-buys a historic home online and flees Manhattan to tiny Story Lake, PA. Upon her dramatic arrival—involving an incident with a bald eagle—she discovers the charm of her new home may have been slightly exaggerated.
The house is a wreck, and the town is struggling after their biggest employer shut down. Also, since her raccoon-infested home came with a seat on the town council, our introverted heroine is stuck with a front-row seat to all the small-town shenanigans.
But Hazel isn’t worried. Not since all six-feet-three inches of grouchy contractor Campbell Bishop slapped a bandage on her forehead and unintentionally inspired the heck out of her. There’s only one thing to do: Hire Cam and his equally gorgeous brothers to renovate her new spider museum…er…house.
Okay two things. A fake date for “research purposes” will really put her work-in-progress on track. Before Hazel knows it, she’s writing a romance novel and living one. At least until the drywall dust settles, the town she’s falling in love with faces bankruptcy, and growly Cam remembers why he can’t live happily ever after.
My Review
Hazel Heart is an author who has hit rock bottom. Her readers and publisher want a new book; she wants inspiration but lost it when her marriage fell apart.
But inspiration strikes when she reads a news article about a family construction business that helps an elderly homeowner. So, on a whim, and after drinking too much wine, she looks up the small town they live in and comes across a home for sale, and it happens to be the one from the article. She moves from New York City to find inspiration and a new life for herself in the town of Story Lake.
Story Lake was not what Hazel imagined it would be, with the town mascot, a bald eagle flying around, the town more empty than she knew, a teenage mayor, and the handsome construction brothers who come to fix her house.
The characters in this book were relatable and lovable. As a fan of small-town romances, this story hit all the right notes. Especially the town coming together, the outsider being welcomed in, and, of course, the love interest. The plot beats and progression were perfect, and the issues the characters faced were relatable and realistic.
So far, I have loved all of Lucy Score's books and haven't been disappointed.
I give this book a 5-star review.