Adult Assembly Required - Abbi Waxman

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Book Blurb from Penguin Random House:

When Laura Costello moves to Los Angeles, trying to escape an overprotective family and the haunting memories of a terrible accident, she doesn’t expect to be homeless after a week. (She’s pretty sure she didn’t start that fire — right?) She also doesn’t expect to find herself adopted by a rogue bookseller, installed in a lovely but completely illegal boardinghouse, or challenged to save a losing trivia team from ignominy…but that’s what happens. Add a regretful landlady, a gorgeous housemate and an ex-boyfriend determined to put himself back in the running and you’ll see why Laura isn’t really sure she’s cut out for this adulting thing. Luckily for her, her new friends Nina, Polly and Impossibly Handsome Bob aren’t sure either, but maybe if they put their heads (and hearts) together they’ll be able to make it work.

My Thoughts:

The book follows a wonderful cast of characters, and if you are familiar with Abbi Waxman's other novels, you'll find old friends as well as meet ones. The book shows how when the situation is right, we make fast friends and create an extended family among housemates. You'll recognize Nina from The Bookish Life of Nina Hill as well as the family you meet in The Garden of Small Beginnings. The story made me feel at home since I've already read and loved Abbi's other books and enjoyed seeing the familiar characters I knew and had fallen in love with already. I'm hopeful that Waxman has another book in this world that was a joy to be in. 

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