Helpful Score: 1
All I will say is that I throughly enjoyed this book while setting in front of a warm fireplace this winter. Even though the plot of this story is set in mostly the spring and summer the way the author describes the beauty of the Adirondack mountain cabin just makes me want to get cozy and warm! This would probably be a good beach read in the summer too.
I picked this book because, I live about an hour or so from the Adirondack mountains and I have camped on islands in some of the lakes in the area. Perhaps that made the author's descriptions of Brooke's cabin and the lake just come to life more for me. Just experiencing first hand the vast mountains in the Adirondacks really adds an understanding of the plotline.
Usually, I don't care for storylines that jump back and forth in the timeline telling Brooke's story one piece at a time from Chelsea reading it in Brooke's diary, but, the author went back and forth seamlessly. It's not an easy thing to do in a story and keep it fluid, interesting and making perfect sense.
The story is reminiscent of a Nicholas Sparks novel as other reviewers have mentioned, so if you don't like those types of novels I wouldn't recommend. It's a very simple romance story and some might think it too simple and predictable. Even though Brooke's secret's are fairly easy to guess right from the beginning I was interested in the characters and seeing how it would all play out.
Overall, an enjoyable book I'd rate it a 4.5. This is the first book I've read from Robert Barclay and I'd definitely read another one.
I picked this book because, I live about an hour or so from the Adirondack mountains and I have camped on islands in some of the lakes in the area. Perhaps that made the author's descriptions of Brooke's cabin and the lake just come to life more for me. Just experiencing first hand the vast mountains in the Adirondacks really adds an understanding of the plotline.
Usually, I don't care for storylines that jump back and forth in the timeline telling Brooke's story one piece at a time from Chelsea reading it in Brooke's diary, but, the author went back and forth seamlessly. It's not an easy thing to do in a story and keep it fluid, interesting and making perfect sense.
The story is reminiscent of a Nicholas Sparks novel as other reviewers have mentioned, so if you don't like those types of novels I wouldn't recommend. It's a very simple romance story and some might think it too simple and predictable. Even though Brooke's secret's are fairly easy to guess right from the beginning I was interested in the characters and seeing how it would all play out.
Overall, an enjoyable book I'd rate it a 4.5. This is the first book I've read from Robert Barclay and I'd definitely read another one.
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