One was all encompassing while the other was more restrained and manipulative, although I believe that both men loved her a lot, but only one was truly deserving of her.

These two men, Nick and Blake, were so vastly different from each other, both in the way they needed Annie as well as in the way they demonstrated their love for her. The glaring deficiencies that had existed within her marriage for so long at last became apparent. Annie, who had for so long defined herself as a mother first and wife second, was only able to truly see herself with clarity when acting out these roles within another context. I particularly appreciated the way Kristin mirrored Annie’s new life with her old life, pitting the differences between Nick and Blake as a defining state of being. On Mystic Lake is an honest and reflective account of what can happen to a person when they get lost within their own lives.Īnnie, the main character, was such a lovely woman and I enjoyed watching her evolve into a stronger person who, by the end of the novel, had a much truer sense of her own self-worth. But just when Annie believes she’s been given a second chance at happiness, her world is turned upside down again, and she is forced to make a choice that no woman in love should ever have to make.Īnother enjoyable novel by Kristin Hannah. Together, the three of them begin to heal. There, she is reunited with her first love, Nick Delacroix, a recent widower who is unable to cope with his silent, emotionally scarred young daughter. Devastated, Annie retreats to the small town where she grew up. Annie Colwater’s husband has just confessed that he’s in love with a younger woman.

On mystic lake by kristin hannah