Had a lot of potential.

Chip Cheek is a good writer. His descriptions about off-season Cape May and the contrast between the small town Georgia life vs. New York high-life was stunning and beautifully written. There were some sections when the group was sailing or just sitting around by the fire that really sucked me in purely because Chip has such a way with describing and capturing the small moments. That's the end of the books success though. The characters themselves were un-relatable and two dimensional. I didn't have any sympathy for them nor did I care about what happened to them or why. The last chapter of the book felt like a last-minute addition and I didn't think it was necessary and I actually think it took away from the book. There was clearly a lesson to be learned. After spending an entire week with these couples over the span of the entire book, having one chapter the sum up the rest of their lives felt like the lesson was being shoved down my throat, just in-case I hadn't caught on already.

This book had a lot of potential, and I'd like to see what Chip Cheek does in future books, if he learns to build up his characters as much as he does the setting.