Christine Williams

Ann McMan

Jericho

Carol Bailey

I really enjoyed this book, and a good bit of that was because both Syd and Maddie came across as being three dimensional characters. Syd is dealing with a failed marriage and trying to figure out what happens next in her life. As a result, she takes a temporary (18 month) job setting up a library in the rural town of Jericho. In her opinion this is the perfect opportunity to reevaluate her life. While there meets and becomes friends with the local Doctor, Maddie. 

The reader gets to go along for the ride as these two develop and a strong supportive friendship. From my perspective the friendship felt “real” as if it could happen in real life. 

This was a very good read; I was engaged the entire time and had a difficult time putting the book down. However, I will say near the end of the book I started to feel like the author may have gotten stuck and just started throwing things at the wall to see what would stick and progress the story forward: family issues, an outside threat, death, destruction, and foster kids. I mention it because it was enough that I actually noticed all these significant life events happening at the end when even one or two would have been more than enough. It didn’t detract from the story but the thought did provide a bit of amusement for me. 

The book is certainly worth reading I’ll be starting her second story “Dust” next.

Tess

This is a very long book that earns it's worth. Be sure to pace yourself, if you are one of those readers like me that keeps reading through the night to get to the good stuff. Fortunately, the entire book was engaging as the relationships between the characters builds up. Spending time in the lives of Syd and Maddie as fate goes above and beyond to throw them together, is a fun journey. I've since gone back and read it again, from the beginning and no parts of it were worth skipping over. The writing style and character interaction was that good.
Another positive aspect of this book, is that the author takes time to let us see the romance after it bursts into flames. it's not just a last page hookup and 'the end'. but you will have to wait until the last third of the book.

I definitely recommend this book. It is a top pick and well worth the money. I wish there were more from this author.

Lucia Correa

5+ STARS!

This review is for the Audio book.
I've read it numerous times as it is one of my all time favorite books. I needed a comfort read and an audio book, so this fit the bill. 

At first I didn't care for the narrator, Christine Williams. I always imagined many of the interactions between Maddie and Syd to be rapid fire - ratta tat tat - back and forth. Williams didn't do this. She also took the description of Maddie's voice as "deep and sexy" to heart. Sometimes too much so, that at times her deep voice for Maddie was almost comical. However, for everything else she is an excellent narrator. From the southern accents and the numerous characters of all ages. I eventually got used to her Maddie voice and thank goodness she didn't do the Maddie bass voice all the time. So it didn't bother me as much as I was in the beginning.

This is a 21 hr audio book! It did take a while to finish, but I only listen at work and I took a 2 week Christmas vacation. It did help that I know the story so well, that it was easy to read it off and on without forgetting what was happening. Great book either to read or to listen. (Yes, it's not a perfect book, but I don't care, I love it flaws and all)

Jericho

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