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Book Summary
An empowering and heartfelt novel about the complexities of family, the power of sisterhood, and the bravery it takes to choose happiness when all seems lost.
“My life is perfectly fine.”
Alex has pretended this for years―despite an emotionally absent father, a best friend drifting away, and a floundering dog-training business. At least Alex has her sister, Meredith, a driven polar opposite. But both their lives are upended when their estranged mother dies of a genetic condition that the sisters have a fifty-fifty chance of inheriting. For Alex, a world without her mother is uncomfortable. But a world without Meredith is unthinkable.
Alex suggests a pact to which Meredith tentatively agrees: In three months they’ll get tested. Until then they go after everything they’ve ever wanted. Alex is finally stepping out of her comfort zone and opening herself up to new relationships. Or maybe reconnecting with an old one. Nathan, a boy who once broke her heart, needs a trainer for his mixed-breed rescue. Alex can’t resist.
As sparks rekindle, and time passes much too quickly, Alex discovers more about herself, her sister, and her mother than she ever imagined. And that everything in life―especially happiness―comes with a risk worth taking.
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
ISBN-10: 1662528116
ISBN-13: 978-1662528118
ASIN: B0DZY6Q16W
Print length: 317 pages
Purchase a copy of What Comes Next on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Bookshop.org. You can also add it to your GoodReads list.
About the Author
Caitlin Forbes is a Maine-based author who writes stories that explore the messiness of relationships—from sisterhood to romance to the tricky relationship we have with ourselves. When not writing, you can find her chasing after her toddler (or her dog) and exploring small-town New England life.
You can follow the author at:
https://www.caitlinforbesauthor.com
https://www.instagram.com/caitlin_forbes_author
Blog Tour Calendar
December 8 @ The Muffin
Join us at the Muffin as we celebrate the launch of What Comes Next by Caitlin Forbes. We interview the author and give you a chance to win a copy of the book.
https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com
December 9 @ Kaecey McCormick’s blog
Join Kaecey’s blog for a guest post from Caitlin Forbes about why she writes and what inspires her.
https://www.kaeceymccormick.com/blog
December 11 @ Knotty Needle
Judy shares her thoughts about What Comes Next by Caitlin Forbes.
https://knottyneedle.blogspot.com
December 12 @ CC King’s blog
Stop by Caitrin’s blog for a guest post by Caitlin Forbes on the struggle and process of publishing a debut novel.
https://www.caitrincking.com/blog
December 15 @ Sarandipity’s
Visit Sara’s blog for an excerpt from What Comes Next by Caitlin Forbes.
December 18 @ Knotty Needle
Stop by Judy’s blog again for her response to our tour-themed prompt about her own dog rescue story.
https://knottyneedle.blogspot.com
December 19 @ Nicole Writes About Stuff
Stop by Nicole’s Substack for a contribution from Caitlin Forbes.
https://nicolepyles.substack.com
December 20 @ A Wonderful World of Books
Visit Joy’s blog for an excerpt from What Comes Next by Caitlin Forbes.
https://awonderfulworldofwordsa.blogspot.com
December 20 @ Author Anthony Avina’s blog
Visit Anthony’s blog for an excerpt from What Comes Next by Caitlin Forbes.
https://authoranthonyavina.com/category/blog-tours
December 21 @ Chapter Break
Visit Julie’s blog for a guest post by Caitlin Forbes about the importance of fiction, particularly book club fiction, in this crazy time.
December 23 @ What Is That Book About?
Visit Michelle’s blog for an excerpt from What Comes Next by Caitlin Forbes.
https://www.whatisthatbookabout.com
December 26 @ Words by Webb
Visit Jodi’s blog for her review of What Comes Next by Caitlin Forbes.
https://www.jodiwebbwriter.com/blog
December 28 @ StoreyBook Reviews
Stop by Leslie’s blog for a guest post by Caitlin Forbes on why she included dogs in her book What Comes Next.
January 2 @ Nicole Writes About Stuff
Stop by Nicole’s Substack for a feature of What Comes Next in her weekly newsletter.
https://nicolepyles.substack.com
January 3 @ Seaside Book Nook
Visit Jilleen’s blog for her review of What Comes Next by Caitlin Forbes.
http://www.seasidebooknook.com/
January 4 @ Author Anthony Avina’s blog
Stop by Anthony’s blog for his review of What Comes Next by Caitlin Forbes.
https://authoranthonyavina.com/category/blog-tours
January 8 @ Writer Advice
Visit B. Lynn Goodwin’s blog for her review of What Comes Next by Caitlin Forbes.
January 9 @ Writer Advice
Stop by B. Lynn Goodwin’s blog for a guest post by author Caitlin Forbes about the question of inheritance – of what we inherit versus what we get to choose.
January 10 @ Just Katherine
Stop by Katherine’s blog for her review of What Comes Next by Caitlin Forbes. You’ll also have a chance to read her response to our tour-themed prompt about whether if she had an incurable condition and if she would want to find out.
https://justkatherineblog.wordpress.com
Excerpt
When the doorbell rings, I’m standing in front of my bathroom sink, the picture of indecision: boxer briefs paired with a black silk tank top, made-up face, and completely untamed hair.
I’m supposed to meet my roommate, Holly, for drinks. But it was a last-minute invite—with people I don’t know, planned days or even weeks earlier—and now I feel uncomfortable. As if I’ve become the kind of obligation that I never wanted to be. We’ve been best friends for nearly a decade, but these days, things are different, and I don’t know that I want to feel the strain of it tonight. I’m more tempted by Netflix and cold pizza. My favorite pair of slippers.
I check the weather app on my phone and am almost relieved that it calls for rain.
I’m conceding defeat, turning off the curler, when the bell rings and I physically jump. Because who rings the doorbell in Somerville, Massachusetts, other than someone who wants to kill me? Or someone who wants to sell something, which is maybe not all that much better. But then I consider my upstairs neighbor, who has lost her keys more than once, and is so young, still new to the Boston area, and I feel guilty, so I pad down the stairs of our apartment and crack open the building door. And I swear, I get a whiff of cinnamon, a smell so familiar it knocks me back before I can remember why.
And he’s standing there. On my doorstep. Tall. Even taller than I remember.
Nathan Browning.
We stare at each other from either side of the doorframe. And I will him to disappear. Or turn into someone else. Or at the very least, to come back when I’m wearing pants.
Nathan. Those first two years of college. Nights spent squeezed onto a twin bed in his dorm room, pretending we weren’t uncomfortable just so we could fall asleep together. The summer I’d spent with his family at Lake Winnipesaukee. Campfires and smoky hair. His lips, pillow soft. Water. An excess of water—one oversize tube, our limbs tangled together. Salty tears.
“Alex?”
It’s my name that gets my attention. My name in his mouth, as if it belongs there. As if we still mean something to each other.
I almost shut the door right then.
“What are you doing here?” I ask. I’m relieved my voice sounds calm. Disengaged, even. Because it doesn’t matter that he is here. Because it doesn’t matter what we once were.
“I need your help,” he says.
I stare at him blankly, but he’s not looking at me. He’s looking over his shoulder. He’s looking at the car parked behind him and, more accurately, at what is sitting in the front seat.
He turns back to me with those gray-blue eyes. The ones that were always focused, always so certain, but now hold the smallest hesitation. An expression that seems wrong in this face I still somehow know.
“I saw your video,” he says. “And I—we need your help.”
Purchase Links:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/48Hu9hj
Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/what-comes-next-caitlin-forbes/1147164511
Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/p/books/what-comes-next-caitlin-forbes/1e995065c0dcdb03?ean=9781662528118&next=t
GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228982280-what-comes-next
***** BOOK GIVEAWAY *****
THREE WINNERS! Our grand prize winner (first random draw) will win a print copy of What Comes Next by Caitlin Forbes and a $25 Amazon Gift Card. The next two winners will win a copy of the book. Fill out the form below for a chance to win. The giveaway ends December 14th at 11:59 pm CT. We will randomly draw the winners the next day and follow up via email. Good luck!
