Jeff Sexton
Another Solid Sarah Morgan Book. Long time fans of Morgan know what to expect with her non-Christmas books (nearly the same thing as with her Christmas books, but generally in a more "Summery" location and without the magic of Christmas playing a role). For those new to Morgan, this is actually a solid enough representation of her style to welcome you in.
The characters are (mostly) fleshed out well enough, particularly our various female characters, and they're all flawed enough in those real world kind of ways to make them relatable to most of us to some degree or another without being so flawed as to be caricatures. The men... could probably have been better fleshed out, but meh, that can be said of most of Morgan's books. At least with Morgan you're never going to get a man shown as utterly irredeemable... even as he may not be the *best* man around. (And yes, amongst our men in this book, there is absolutely one that is... not so great, let's say... among a few that are much better.)
The conflict here is tense enough to drive the plot and provide for at least some Hallmarkie level drama without being such that anyone's pulse will really raise at all. For those looking for "spice"... not exactly Morgan's style, and this is no different This, as with most of Morgan's books (at least in my few years reading many of them now), is about as "spicy" as a warm glass of milk... even with the super hot actress and the adultery discussed herein.
One interesting thing for me in particular is that I'm currently playing Atomfall, which was released just weeks before this book, on my XBox, and both happen to be set in the same general region - the UK's Lake Country - yet tell *very* different tales. (Atomfall being an alt-history in the style of the Fallout games, but based on a real life nuclear accident in this region back in the 1950s.) So it truly was quite interesting seeing the region from such different perspectives. :)
Very much recommended.
Originally posted at bookanon.com.
Another Solid Sarah Morgan Book. Long time fans of Morgan know what to expect with her non-Christmas books (nearly the same thing as with her Christmas books, but generally in a more "Summery" location and without the magic of Christmas playing a role). For those new to Morgan, this is actually a solid enough representation of her style to welcome you in.
The characters are (mostly) fleshed out well enough, particularly our various female characters, and they're all flawed enough in those real world kind of ways to make them relatable to most of us to some degree or another without being so flawed as to be caricatures. The men... could probably have been better fleshed out, but meh, that can be said of most of Morgan's books. At least with Morgan you're never going to get a man shown as utterly irredeemable... even as he may not be the *best* man around. (And yes, amongst our men in this book, there is absolutely one that is... not so great, let's say... among a few that are much better.)
The conflict here is tense enough to drive the plot and provide for at least some Hallmarkie level drama without being such that anyone's pulse will really raise at all. For those looking for "spice"... not exactly Morgan's style, and this is no different This, as with most of Morgan's books (at least in my few years reading many of them now), is about as "spicy" as a warm glass of milk... even with the super hot actress and the adultery discussed herein.
One interesting thing for me in particular is that I'm currently playing Atomfall, which was released just weeks before this book, on my XBox, and both happen to be set in the same general region - the UK's Lake Country - yet tell *very* different tales. (Atomfall being an alt-history in the style of the Fallout games, but based on a real life nuclear accident in this region back in the 1950s.) So it truly was quite interesting seeing the region from such different perspectives. :)
Very much recommended.
Originally posted at bookanon.com.
