Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin (2008, Hardcover)

I adore Emily Giffin and was highly anticipating this book. A good read, though it went a little deep into the thought process for me.

Ellen is married to the southern gentleman, perfect husband, Andy, also the brother to her college roommate-turned-best-friend, Margot. Ellen has a major chip on her shoulder and isn't over her mother's death from when she was young. She has an abrasive older sister.

Ellen is from Pittsburgh, Andy and Margot from Atlanta, and she lives in New York City. She is a photographer and Andy is a lawyer.

Ellen is not over her ex-boyfriend, Leo. She and Leo had a turbulent relationship.

Andy wants to move to Atlanta to be near his family.

Ellen struggles with her marriage (and I agree with her sister when she admonishes her for her ambivalence towards her cushy lifestyle and kind spouse)--she compares Andy to the beach, calm and relaxes; Leo is the mountains, intense, a struggle, troubling.

This book goes through Ellen's thought process as she decides with whom she wants to be--her doting husband Andy or the sparks-flying Leo. You sympathize with her along the journey but sometimes her thoughts turn into Charlie Brown's teacher--BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH.

It's not bad, but I was hoping for a character like Rachel or Darcy that we've seen in the past.