Savor the Moment, Nora Roberts
The third in the Brides Quartet series. This is Laurel's story, the cake maker of the four, and it follows the method of all of Roberts books. Couple banters, realizes they like each other, fall in love, have some sort of falling out, make amends, get married. If there were later books, we'd see them all getting pregnant.
I will pick up the fourth one, because I'm addicted to series'. And I like all the characters.
However.
The conflict in these is just so lame. And frankly, I'm tired of hearing all about how great these women are at their jobs. I'd like to see Laurel drop a cake, or Emma clip the bloom off a rose accidentally or Mac miss the groom kiss the bride or SOMETHING normal. These women are all supposedly super perfect, never fight, even in high stress situations and they talk about each other funny. I have friends, but I don't sit around with them talking about how much I love them.
Mac's mom as the only bad guy is just old. I hope the 4th one gets away from that but I don't see that happening.
Still ... fans of Nora Roberts will pick it up and read it quickly because it's easy and fun. The next one comes out in November and is Parker's story. So far, Malcolm is the most intriguing of all the male leads.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
The Girl Who Chased the Moon
The Girl Who Chased the Moon, by Sarah Addison Allen
17-year-old Emily comes to the small town her mother was raised in shortly after her mother's death. She will be living with her grandfather in the room where her mother grew up, with wallpaper that changes with the inhabitants moods! What she finds when she gets to the small town is that her mother wasn't the same person in her childhood as she was as her mother, and the townspeople don't have very fond memories of her. She becomes friends with her neighbor Julia, and the teenage son of the family that her mother allegedly wronged.
I love Sarah Addison Allen's books. They are so fun and whimsical. If you read Garden Spells or the Sugar Queen, you have to read this. It's really excellent, light summer fare with a little fairy tale touch.
17-year-old Emily comes to the small town her mother was raised in shortly after her mother's death. She will be living with her grandfather in the room where her mother grew up, with wallpaper that changes with the inhabitants moods! What she finds when she gets to the small town is that her mother wasn't the same person in her childhood as she was as her mother, and the townspeople don't have very fond memories of her. She becomes friends with her neighbor Julia, and the teenage son of the family that her mother allegedly wronged.I love Sarah Addison Allen's books. They are so fun and whimsical. If you read Garden Spells or the Sugar Queen, you have to read this. It's really excellent, light summer fare with a little fairy tale touch.
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