
Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke, Authors of “Forever Hold Your Peace,” have written a delightful, entertaining, witty novel. This is a refreshing contemporary novel, not their usual suspense and mystery story. The genres for this novel are Fiction, Chick Lit, Romance, Contemporary Fiction, Humor, and Family Drama. I love how the authors write and tell their complicated stories about forgiveness, second chances, dysfunctional family, love, and hope. The authors describe the colorful and dramatic characters as complex, complicated, flawed, dysfunctional, quirky, and romantic.
Olivia has been accepted to UCLA School of Law and goes on a vacation to Italy, where she meets Zach. “V” and “Z” fall in love, and get engaged, after knowing each other for such a short time. The next step will be when “V” and “Z” ask the four divorced parents to meet for brunch. Olivia and Zach think their parents will be upset and should have waited longer. That would be too easy.
At this special brunch, it seems that both mothers, June and Amy, had been best friends once upon a time. Some secrets and betrayals have kept these women apart for 25 years. It looks like the past, present, and future will explode. Both mothers want to do “their thing” for the wedding, and it becomes competitive.
Sometimes you have to deal with the past to move on. I highly recommend this witty, memorable, and thought-provoking novel. Happy Reading!

