“Lauren Fox writes with verve and a keen understanding of human relationships. She also happens to be riotously funny. Friends Like Us is at once a hilarious page-turner and a wise meditation on friendship, marriage, and the ways in which our parents’ mistakes so often shape our lives.” - J. Courtney Sullivan, author of Maine and Commencement 

Given this endorsement, I thought I would love this book, and the author. I was so sure, I checked this book out along with her first book, Still Life with Husband, at the same time. And I was almost right. The writing is clear, precise and has little tidbits of real life that other authors tend to leave out, especially those funny rifs between friends when the littlest thing can make you laugh and only you and your friend think it is funny. While I didn't LOVE Friends, I did like it enough to read Still Life and now as I finish the last 50 pages of Still Life, I keeping asking myself, why? Why am I reading this, why did she write this?
Both books have a pivotal event that is creepy.  Won't give away what happens in Friends, but in Still Life, the main character, Emily, cheats on her husband. This in itself is not the creepy part. The creepy part is that Fox still tries to make Emily a sympathetic character that the reader will relate to and appreciate. And maybe if I were 40 years younger, I might, but probably not.
The other thing about Fox as a writer is that she essentially has one character. Emily is almost the same character as Willa and physically they resemble pictures of Fox. Personally, I think she is carrying write what you know a little too far. Let me know some authors where you find this same phenomenon.  Some people have laid this at the feet of Jane Austen, but I would have to disagree there.
Also reading lately: (Rating based on five star being great and 1 star don't bother!)
Ruby red by Kerstin Gier *** (young adult, beginning of a series, probably won't read the others, complicated plot and didn't hold my interest enough to want to pay more attention)
A Christmas garland by Anne Perry ****
Deadly Valentine by Carolyn Hart **** (love Carolyn Hart)
Deception by Jonathan Kellerman ****
The last coyote by Michael Connelly ****
Trunk music by Michael Connelly ****
Angels flight by Michael Connelly ****
See a pattern here, just started the next MC book A Darkness More Than Night. Have not yet gotten bored with Harry Bosch and his unending temper!
Best news: all these books except Ruby Red  are available through my library on the kindle, so I could take them with me on my trip to Mexico.