Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin

This is the latest book I've read by my favorite chicklit author, Emily Giffin, and like her previous works, it does not disappoint. What I love about Giffin's books are the kinds of stories and characters she decides to tackle. She's not a typical chicklit author that usually has fairytale endings and one dimensional characters. Giffin decides to portray characters that are a lot more complicated and deal with problems and emotions that are very real. Her writing style is very down to earth, and she successfully manages to make you sympathize and root for each character, no matter how flawed they are.

"Heart of the Matter" is a story told from the perspective of two women - the wife and the mistress. It shows the thoughts and emotions they both experience when they have to fight for the same man.

Giffin gives such an accurate depiction of the psychology, the emotional reasoning, and the emotional damage that arise when people commit infidelity. My heart ached for the characters, and I couldn't stop turning the pages. I had to know their fates - how they would either destruct or emerge triumphant.

This book gives such great insight into the human heart and the human mind. It tells us that there is so much more to every story. There are layers upon layers of reasons why people do the things they do - the things we can't quite fathom when we examine them from the outside. This book, just like Giffin's other books, reminds the reader of how complex (in both a positive and negative sense) humans really are.

5 stars *****