{"id":31256,"date":"2024-06-27T11:53:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T15:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=31256"},"modified":"2024-06-27T11:53:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T15:53:12","slug":"review-happy-medium-by-sarah-adler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/27\/review-happy-medium-by-sarah-adler\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Happy Medium by Sarah Adler"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-31256\" data-postid=\"31256\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-31256 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_q8cq30 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_st0r30 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_2ade30 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"987\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/happy-medium-sarah-adler.jpg?resize=640%2C987&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-31257\" title=\"happy-medium-sarah-adler\" alt=\"happy-medium-sarah-adler\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/happy-medium-sarah-adler.jpg?w=973&amp;ssl=1 973w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/happy-medium-sarah-adler.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/happy-medium-sarah-adler.jpg?resize=664%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 664w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/happy-medium-sarah-adler.jpg?resize=768%2C1184&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/happy-medium-sarah-adler.jpg?resize=400%2C616&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_65f531 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Fake spirit medium Gretchen Acorn is happy to help when her best (read: wealthiest) client hires her to investigate the unexplained phenomena preventing the sale of her bridge partner\u2019s struggling goat farm. Gretchen may be a fraud, but she&#8217;d like to think she\u2019s a beneficentone. So if &#8220;cleansing&#8221; the property will help a nice old man finally retire and put some much-needed cash in her pockets at the same time, who&#8217;s she to say no?<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Of course, it turns out said bridge partner isn&#8217;t the kindly AARP member Gretchen imagined\u2014Charlie Waybill is young, hot as hell, and\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">extremely<\/span>\u00a0unconvinced that Gretchen can communicate with the dead. (Which, fair.) Except, to her surprise, Gretchen finds herself face-to-face with Everett: the very real, very chatty ghost that\u2019s been wreaking havoc during every open house. And he wants\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">her<\/span>\u00a0to help ensure Charlie avoids the same family curse that&#8217;s had Everett haunting Gilded Creek since the 1920s.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Now, Gretchen has one month to convince Charlie he can\u2019t sell the property. Unfortunately, hard work and honesty seem to be the way to win over the stubborn farmer\u2014not exactly Gretchen&#8217;s strengths. But trust isn\u2019t the only thing growing between them, and the risk of losing Charlie to the spirit realm looms over Gretchen almost as annoyingly as Everett himself. To save the goat farm, its friendly phantom, and the man she&#8217;s beginning to love, Gretchen will need to pull off the greatest con of her life: being fully, genuinely herself.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_00lv31 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_xhm831  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Apr 30, 2024<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual\/Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><blockquote class=\"quotes\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cGretch has considered Charlie\u2019s suspicions something of a cinder block wall between them since she arrived at Gilded Creek. But after their conversation in the outbuilding Tuesday morning, she wonders if perhaps the wall has been replaced by a \u2026. privacy fence? Something tall and still extremely difficult to make her way over, but at least now there are cracks of light shining through. It\u2019s like she\u2019s found a way to look through the slats, and see to the other side. Simultaneously, there\u2019s now a sense that something is surrounding her, squeezing her just tight enough that she\u2019s always aware of the constriction. She\u2019s become tangled in something she can only describe as a fierce affection and \u2026 yearning. Convincing Charlie of the curse no longer feels like the centerpiece of her bullshit artist career, but something she needs deep inside in order to feel complete.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Gretchen Acorn<\/strong>, a fake spirit medium, accepts a job from her most important client to help rid Charlie Waybill\u2019s farm of a ghost so that he can get it sold. Charlie is instantly skeptical of Gretchen and her abilities. Ironically, Gretchen can see and talk to Everett, a real ghost cursed to haunt the farm. He informs Gretchen that if she doesn\u2019t stop Charlie from selling, he will end up just like him. Dead and stuck on the farm forever.\u00a0 Gretchen can\u2019t leave Charlie to his fate and decides to save him at all costs, whether he is a believer or not.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Happy Medium<\/strong> was my most anticipated read this year after falling in love with <em><strong>Sarah Adler\u2019s<\/strong><\/em> <strong>Mrs. Nash\u2019s Ashes,<\/strong> and I can say that it didn\u2019t disappoint. However, I found the first half to be slow with a lot of set up.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Everett came across as very young and, at times, infuriating. I disliked how much Everett and Gretchen were on the page together during the first half, and Charlie was nowhere to be found.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, during the second half, we see some big shifts, with Charlie and Gretchen finally letting down some of those sky-high brick walls and developing a relationship built on true friendship. Charlie is a sweet man, and the way he takes care of his grandpa with dementia or how he wears his grandma\u2019s knitted sweaters to feel like he is surrounded by her love made my heart burst wide open. This was just a feel-good romance, and I was smiling by the end of it.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you\u2019re a fan of <strong>Lynn Painter<\/strong> and <strong>Abby Jiminez<\/strong>, then definitely give this book a shot.<\/p><p><em>~ Michelle<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_orfo31 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RMZMgj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/4cjntVN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/happy-medium-sarah-adler\/1143848605?ean=9780593547823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/happy-medium-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Sarah_Adler_Happy_Medium?id=UR7OEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fake spirit medium Gretchen Acorn is happy to help when her best (read: wealthiest) client hires her to investigate the unexplained phenomena preventing the sale [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,122,128,48,1],"tags":[152,216,217,404,405],"class_list":["post-31256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-berkley","category-michelle","category-penguin-group","category-reviews","category-uncategorized","tag-4-stars","tag-contemporary","tag-contemporary-romance","tag-recommend","tag-recommended-reads"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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Gretchen may be a fraud, but she'd like to think she\u2019s a beneficentone. So if \"cleansing\" the property will help a nice old man finally retire and put some much-needed cash in her pockets at the same time, who's she to say no?<br \/><br \/>Of course, it turns out said bridge partner isn't the kindly AARP member Gretchen imagined\u2014Charlie Waybill is young, hot as hell, and\u00a0extremely\u00a0unconvinced that Gretchen can communicate with the dead. (Which, fair.) Except, to her surprise, Gretchen finds herself face-to-face with Everett: the very real, very chatty ghost that\u2019s been wreaking havoc during every open house. And he wants\u00a0her\u00a0to help ensure Charlie avoids the same family curse that's had Everett haunting Gilded Creek since the 1920s.<br \/><br \/>Now, Gretchen has one month to convince Charlie he can\u2019t sell the property. Unfortunately, hard work and honesty seem to be the way to win over the stubborn farmer\u2014not exactly Gretchen's strengths. But trust isn\u2019t the only thing growing between them, and the risk of losing Charlie to the spirit realm looms over Gretchen almost as annoyingly as Everett himself. To save the goat farm, its friendly phantom, and the man she's beginning to love, Gretchen will need to pull off the greatest con of her life: being fully, genuinely herself.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Apr 30, 2024<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual\/Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $10.99<\/p><hr \/><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cGretch has considered Charlie\u2019s suspicions something of a cinder block wall between them since she arrived at Gilded Creek. But after their conversation in the outbuilding Tuesday morning, she wonders if perhaps the wall has been replaced by a \u2026. privacy fence? Something tall and still extremely difficult to make her way over, but at least now there are cracks of light shining through. It\u2019s like she\u2019s found a way to look through the slats, and see to the other side. Simultaneously, there\u2019s now a sense that something is surrounding her, squeezing her just tight enough that she\u2019s always aware of the constriction. She\u2019s become tangled in something she can only describe as a fierce affection and \u2026 yearning. Convincing Charlie of the curse no longer feels like the centerpiece of her bullshit artist career, but something she needs deep inside in order to feel complete.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Gretchen Acorn<\/strong>, a fake spirit medium, accepts a job from her most important client to help rid Charlie Waybill\u2019s farm of a ghost so that he can get it sold. Charlie is instantly skeptical of Gretchen and her abilities. Ironically, Gretchen can see and talk to Everett, a real ghost cursed to haunt the farm. He informs Gretchen that if she doesn\u2019t stop Charlie from selling, he will end up just like him. Dead and stuck on the farm forever.\u00a0 Gretchen can\u2019t leave Charlie to his fate and decides to save him at all costs, whether he is a believer or not.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Happy Medium<\/strong> was my most anticipated read this year after falling in love with <em><strong>Sarah Adler\u2019s<\/strong><\/em> <strong>Mrs. Nash\u2019s Ashes,<\/strong> and I can say that it didn\u2019t disappoint. However, I found the first half to be slow with a lot of set up.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Everett came across as very young and, at times, infuriating. I disliked how much Everett and Gretchen were on the page together during the first half, and Charlie was nowhere to be found.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, during the second half, we see some big shifts, with Charlie and Gretchen finally letting down some of those sky-high brick walls and developing a relationship built on true friendship. Charlie is a sweet man, and the way he takes care of his grandpa with dementia or how he wears his grandma\u2019s knitted sweaters to feel like he is surrounded by her love made my heart burst wide open. This was just a feel-good romance, and I was smiling by the end of it.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you\u2019re a fan of <strong>Lynn Painter<\/strong> and <strong>Abby Jiminez<\/strong>, then definitely give this book a shot.<\/p><p><em>~ Michelle<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RMZMgj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/4cjntVN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/happy-medium-sarah-adler\/1143848605?ean=9780593547823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/happy-medium-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Sarah_Adler_Happy_Medium?id=UR7OEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31256"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31265,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31256\/revisions\/31265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}