Book Review: The Exiles

Title: The Exiles: A Novel
Author: Allison Lynn

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Summary: Nate and Emily and their young son escape from the pressures of Manhattan to make a new start in Newport, RI.  Their first weekend in Newport starts poorly and leads to revelations from both of them that makes them both wonder if they really know their partner as well as they thought they did.  And are the discoveries about their partner deal-breakers?

My Review:  For some reason I kept thinking the title of this book was The Ex-Files.  This book was good but it wasn't great.  Here's what I did like: 

1. The Newport location.  Who doesn't like Newport?

1. The idea of how Manhattan just isn't affordable for a "regular" couple.

1. The lack of closure that one of the characters has to deal with at the end of the book.

If you like books about relationships, then you'll like this book.  It's not going to win any literary awards, but I like the idea that just when you think you know your partner really well, you find out that you don't.  But it's what you do with the information that determines how you'll do as a couple in the future.