A review by jenbsbooks
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

4.0

This popped up in one of my FB groups - and I have to admit to a partiality to this type of premise, the "what if" and "alternate life" ideas. It was pretty easily available from the library, I got the audio and Kindle copy, and went with the audio for the most part. 

This starts right off the bat, no real introduction to the characters. I had read the blurb, so I had a bit more of an idea of what was going on than our MC/Lauren did at the start. Such an interesting idea, it reminded me a bit of The Midnight Library, although those lives were more varied (not being tied to a house), same for Dark Matter. A few times when she notes the changes in her body as "this one" likes hiking or working out, I remembered in [book:The Two Lives of Lydia Bird|46225061] when she ends up at the gym thinking "what is this me doing??" At one point, a similar feel to [book:Maybe in Another Life|23492661] - there ARE multiple possibilities and you could be happy in more than one. There really isn't ONE soulmate (contrary to [book:The One|40670312]) ... it felt a little like the author was trying to be a little TOO politically correct, having so many of the husbands be of different races/nationalities, a little "gotta include them all" ...

I liked this a lot, it kept me engaged and entertained. A bit more sex than I would have liked (I go through phases, and am now in an eye-rolling reaction reading descriptive sex scenes). Still not really "spicy" per se. ProFanity x 67. 

3rd person. Present tense. 

Always interesting the idea of the lives beyond your own in such a scenario ... if you have a choice, and YOUR life is good, but a friend/family's life isn't, what do you do? 

Many of the books coming out today are including "discussion questions" and this is a trend I LOVE. Not here though ... but I Googled and found some online and was glad I did. Made me think of a couple things I hadn't really pondered during a quick listen for entertainment. https://www.readinggroupguides.com/reviews/the-husbands-by-holly-gramazio/guide
https://bookclubchat.com/books/book-club-questions-for-the-husbands-by-holly-gramazio/