Thanks to Celadon Books and NetGalley for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and feedback are my own.

I'm having trouble starting this review because I keep wanting to call If We're Being Honest a lighthearted contemporary, which feels wrong because the inciting incident is the death of a parent/husband/grandfather. But this book really is lighthearted and moving. Shook explores so many types of family relationships that you're sure to relate to one of them. I loved the prose and the way the characters were developed. I found them all loveable, even the ones who were fun to dislike. 

I thought the ending to each character arc was very satisfying and well-deserved. I felt like the plot lagged at times because I enjoyed some characters and their conflicts more than others, as is to be expected, but I was never in a slump or in danger of DNFing. I do almost think there were too many main characters - definitely had to use  my Kindle lookup feature a few times - but once I got a handle on it it wasn't too bad.

Overall, I would recommend this one, especially if you have a close, large family or are going through some interpersonal relationship issues. I don't know if this one has staying power in my mind, but I do know I enjoyed it while I was reading.