A review by sarahmirk
The Year We Turned Forty by Liz Fenton, Lisa Steinke

4.5

I thought this was a really fun book with a unique premise that kept me on the edge of my seat. I really enjoyed the plot - that it centered on 3 women in their 50s (and then 40s and then 50s again lol). I loved the separate storylines their lives each had and seeing the evolution of their friendship throughout. I thought the vehicle/device used for the time traveling was a little hokey, but with so many other nice things it was easy to overlook. I also noticed some minor plot 
inconsistencies (and I wonder if that's a result of two writers and a book that does so much time-jumping, stylistically speaking?). That was sort of weird, but infrequent and small enough to also overlook. 

I was also pleasantly surprised by the ending. Part of the reason I think this book works so well is that basically as soon as you start reading it and they go back in time, you expect them to choose to return to their normal lives and for the book to be a lesson about appreciating what you have or how things could always be worse or the grass isn't always greener, etc. but throughout the main part of the story, I always found myself flip flopping on whether I thought it seemed like they would go or stay. That and Jessie's storyline made this book hard to put down. Well done! 

I really did enjoy this book despite some of the few small flaws. 
Here are a few more pieces of info for those that care: 
This book did contain some profanity/swearing throughout 
Infertility is a central plot point
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