Blueprints revolves around a family-owned business called “Gut It” (another HGTV show about renovating houses). Jamie's father wants to make her the new fresh face of “Gut It”, which means moving her mom, Caroline, off the front lines. Things are derailed when Jamie's father and his current wife are killed in a car accident, leaving Jamie as the only logical solution to raise their son. So now the family has to grapple with issues of age disparity and family legacy. When exactly are we too old to step aside and allow someone younger to replace us? Who will take over the family throne?
Other issues brought out, especially those involving relationships, make the reader ask challenging questions: How much time should I devote to finding Mr. Right? Can this be love already? When is it too soon to get married? Do adult children still need their parents? Do parents still want to be needed by their adult children? What’s off-limits in parent/child talks? These are just a few of the thought provoking questions spinning through this novel.
The audiobook reader had to switch between several different personalities throughout the book. Readers who prefer audiobooks should feel free to listen and judge for themselves, but I thought the child voices sounded whiny, and the male voices were not as masculine as I would have liked. Still, I enjoyed the book and would recommend it to others.
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