Lisa G. (plum-marie) - reviewed on 5/18/2016 + 117 more book reviews

** spoiler alert ** I didn't like more of this book than I thought was ok. I was excited to discover the author had two new titles out because in general I like her style of writing and learning about different aspects of society through her characters. I picked up on the general theme of staying true to a vow in this novel but didn't care for the characters. I disliked jumping into the middle of the story and then having flashbacks to fill in the gaps. It was also very long. I greatly disliked the squints and repeated spying on family members, everyone knowing business that wasn't theirs to know. I really didn't like the nurse Winnie either. I didn't care for how Stephen seemed so above censure, he was the one that saved Sophie after all, yet his past behavior with Jenny very well could have resulted in the exact situation Angela and Sophie found themselves because of these Overtree sons. Yes Stephen seemed to have changed while Wesley hadn't but Stephen never had to account for his behavior and never explained to his wife what he himself had done in the past. I really liked Mavis and Libby but they were such minor characters they couldn't redeem the novel for me.

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