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walking_cheese's review
The dialog was strange. The characters spoke in a way that people don't speak like in real life.
jenlynnhill's review against another edition
2.0
It was relatively interesting to read, the friendships were great, but it was too predictable and went from nothing to all the way there too quickly-I feel like the romantic relationship didn't really have time to develop.
treparker73's review against another edition
2.0
Sweet
Just not my type of book. Good story but maybe not enough excitement for me. Also did not like how quickly they hooked up considering his drinking issue.
Just not my type of book. Good story but maybe not enough excitement for me. Also did not like how quickly they hooked up considering his drinking issue.
coolcatbookreader's review against another edition
4.0
I always enjoy a good Carolyn Brown story. She normally has such likable characters and this book is no exception. Jolene is an independent woman who has taken care of herself for a long time. When she inherits Magnolia Inn, she is excited to make a go of it. She only has $100 in her bank account, so when her horrible cousin decides to sell off his half of the inn, she can't afford to buy him out. Lucky for her, the handsome Tucker Malone becomes her partner.
Tucker is trying to move on from the death of his wife. He hasn't had much success though. He can't let her go. When the opportunity to buy a partnership with Jolene comes along, he was hesitant. Soon though they become pretty good friends and found ways they both could heal from their past tragedies.
Tucker is trying to move on from the death of his wife. He hasn't had much success though. He can't let her go. When the opportunity to buy a partnership with Jolene comes along, he was hesitant. Soon though they become pretty good friends and found ways they both could heal from their past tragedies.
gniknej's review against another edition
2.0
Felt cute, might delete later.
Pure fluff, downloaded it cause it was free. Skimmed the last quarter of the book because I wanted to see if anything at all exciting happens. Nothing does.
Pure fluff, downloaded it cause it was free. Skimmed the last quarter of the book because I wanted to see if anything at all exciting happens. Nothing does.
aliciareadsit's review against another edition
2.0
⭐️⭐️💫
2.5 STARS
I was horribly disappointed in this book. I usually love Carolyn Brown books, but this didn’t even seem like her voice or style. I almost DNF this book.
What I did like:
-I liked the character of Tucker. I think he may be the only reason I finished this book and gave it more than 1⭐️. He is a well developed character that has a deep and moving story.
-I also liked the overall storyline to this book. A great premise, just wasn’t executed well.
What I didn’t like:
-I did not like Jolene. I found her to be extremely whiny and SO fixated on her mom’s drug/drinking issues and also on Tucker’s weekend drinking. We NEVER heard the end of it. I swear we read something about it on ever page.
-I found that all the extra characters were unnecessary to the story. Would have been fine with less.
-I didn’t find Aunt Sugars point of view necessary.
-This didn’t read much as a romance. This read more like women’s fiction, with them getting together in the last 40 pages. And it was underwhelming. I’m all for slow-burn romance, but I felt it dull and lacking.
Overall I think this was a underwhelming and not well thought-out book. The overall storyline of fighting ones inner demons and finding hope and moving on was good, but the writing wasn’t captivating and the characters were dull. Overall I would not recommend this read.
Content: Clean Romance, lots of drinking/references to alcohol abuse and drug use.
Language: Mild
Religion: mentions of God and church but not a Christian based book.
2.5 STARS
I was horribly disappointed in this book. I usually love Carolyn Brown books, but this didn’t even seem like her voice or style. I almost DNF this book.
What I did like:
-I liked the character of Tucker. I think he may be the only reason I finished this book and gave it more than 1⭐️. He is a well developed character that has a deep and moving story.
-I also liked the overall storyline to this book. A great premise, just wasn’t executed well.
What I didn’t like:
-I did not like Jolene. I found her to be extremely whiny and SO fixated on her mom’s drug/drinking issues and also on Tucker’s weekend drinking. We NEVER heard the end of it. I swear we read something about it on ever page.
-I found that all the extra characters were unnecessary to the story. Would have been fine with less.
-I didn’t find Aunt Sugars point of view necessary.
-This didn’t read much as a romance. This read more like women’s fiction, with them getting together in the last 40 pages. And it was underwhelming. I’m all for slow-burn romance, but I felt it dull and lacking.
Overall I think this was a underwhelming and not well thought-out book. The overall storyline of fighting ones inner demons and finding hope and moving on was good, but the writing wasn’t captivating and the characters were dull. Overall I would not recommend this read.
Content: Clean Romance, lots of drinking/references to alcohol abuse and drug use.
Language: Mild
Religion: mentions of God and church but not a Christian based book.
celielina's review against another edition
2.0
OK story, although very predictable.
Terrible writing style with frequent monologues instead of realistic dialogue. Explanations don't make sense some of the time - main character has known certain people all her life, yet knows nothing about them whatsoever? Seems a bit too much like 'the reader needs to have this info, so I'll put it in the book even though all the characters would naturally know this already'.
Terrible writing style with frequent monologues instead of realistic dialogue. Explanations don't make sense some of the time - main character has known certain people all her life, yet knows nothing about them whatsoever? Seems a bit too much like 'the reader needs to have this info, so I'll put it in the book even though all the characters would naturally know this already'.
bweser's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25