Susan Wilson writes in a quiet, unassuming manner that is evocative nonetheless. In Hawke’s Cove, she tells of a relationship between a man and a woman that lasts from World War II until very nearly the end of the 20th century. This author brings to life some small-town folk who, though rather ordinary, come across…
Out of the Blue is a book that so badly wants to be liked that it forgoes risks in order to do so. Pity. This is the kind of novel that could have opened up vistas of the human mind. As is, it’s simply a love story, and a nice one at that. But it…
Whether you like Sullivan’s Island or not depends on how well you like authors like Pat Conroy and Anne Rivers Siddons. If you know their work, this book will be a comfortable read, with familiar themes and settings but with more humor and less emotional gut-wrenching. The prologue to Sullivan’s Island made me think that…
Summer’s Child read like a soap opera without all the sex. We’ve got our hero and heroine, a foundling child searching for her birth parents, a mysterious woman, and a whole lot of secrets. Unfortunately, it also had very little romance, and the author revealed the secrets at a pace that nearly drove me insane….
I’ve wondered for a while what the difference is between “women’s fiction” and romance because with a focus on relationships, they seemed fairly similar to me. Having now read two women’s fiction novels in a short time span, I’ve noticed some differences. I have to say that I prefer my romance. Laura Valiant and Claire…
I am not a fan of Women’s Fiction. If a book remotely seems like Women’s Fiction, it is more than enough to send me away, and to be honest, when I accepted the assignment of reviewing this book, it was with more than a little bit of dread. Much to my shock, I was very…
Bebe’s by Golly Wow is the very hip, very now, very with-it tale of an African American woman’s search for love. If you can get past the relentless, sometimes overpowering slang and the alternating points of view in which the tale is told, there is a pleasant story to be read. In this follow-up to…
I have recently read two books featuring characters who are obsessive and carry guilt about something that happened to someone else in their lives. One of these books told the story better than the other. This is not that one. Jane Gregory was to have married Ned Payton seven years ago. The night before their…
After You is an odd book based on an odd premise with odd characters. If you are looking for something very original, this one might do the trick, but other than originality, there’s not as much to it as one might hope. A few “deep thoughts” and an original premise do not a total reading…
River of Summer is an excellent first novel which combines outstanding writing with a deeply emotional plot. This book, however, is not for the easily depressed. If the tortured hero and heroine is not your cup of tea, you may not enjoy this one to the fullest. Zoe Harper has been dumped by her husband,…
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