A clever title that might give the wrong impression.

It’s not chick-lit, and it’s not a thriller about serial killer middle-aged women, either.

Instead, Middle Rage is a slowburn contemplation of life as a woman in four different forms. There’s Clover, the retreat leader, emotionally smart but running from something, and three women who’ve come seeking solace and/or change at the retreat. Fleur, with the controlling ex-boyfriend, Maggie who lost a daughter decades ago, and Emma, who’s just angry at everything.

It’s humorous, dark, real, with stories that feel natural, not forced in for plot. I wanted a little extra from the ending, but that’s just me being a greedy reader. Would definitely read Kendrick again.