'm not much into politics but living in the Washington, DC suburbs for more than 40+ years and working in DC, it is a given to be interested. I enjoyed this story of a Presidential campaign and the "widows." There were a lot of characters but had no problem keeping them straight. I enjoyed everyone of them honestly. I recognized a lot of places in DC since and some were places of course. ( )

This fun story follows a group of characters who work in Washington D.C. as journalists, campaigners, and socialites. The main character Cady has recently relocated to D.C. to be with her boyfriend, Jackson. The only problem, he's hardly ever around. Instead, he's with his boss out on the presidential campaign trail which leaves Cady mostly alone. Luckily, it doesn't take her long to meet new friends, not least of which is Birdie a local socialite, known for her great parties. She will be a useful ally for Cady to have as she tries to navigate her way through the cities array of prominent residents while she works for one of the cities morning television programs. When Cady finds that she has access to a potential first lady who isn't too keen to have the job her career takes off. And as she tries to work out her relationship with Jackson she relies on friends to keep her going when he isn't around.

Campaign Widows was a delight to read. It was fun, lighthearted and full of lively characters. So, if your tired of the current political scene let Agresti whisk you away to a more entertaining one.

Thanks to Graydon House Books for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
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I received this book for free from the publisher (Harlequin) as part of their bookstagram publicity campaign.

This book and I got off to a rocky start. In the beginning, I had a hard time connecting with the book and the characters. I typically get sucked into chick lit, but I didn’t with this one. To me, it felt a bit like fan fiction in the beginning. It kind of felt like I was reading someone’s fantasy election season. Like the 2016 election was so bad that they just created their own.

Once I hit the halfway mark, things got a whole lot better. The story finally seemed to be picking up and I was able to connect more with the characters. The friendship between the widows also started to blossom at this point and that’s when the book actually started to work for me. However, their friendship never reached its full potential. I would loved to have seen more of them together. A lot of the times two or three of them would be hanging out but not all four of them.

Out of all the widows, I loved Cady and her storyline the most. She had the most development and was really the glue that brought everyone together.

As much as I loved Cady, my favorite character was Parker. I loved his sense of humor and his bar was such a genius idea.

Overall, this was your average chick lit novel, just with an election backdrop. ( )

If you ever want to read a book about a presidential campaign that doesn't reference things like "issues" or world and domestic affairs this book is for you. But, it is not for me. Way too frivolous. It is a look into the wives, girlfriends and media women involved in this ' presidential campaign" which has little relationship to the real plot - these women's personal lives. I think global warming and the Middle East was first mentioned in passing after page 300. Only people fascinated by the Real Housewives franchise will find this book stimulating. ( )