4 out of 5 stars ~~ Book Review
In one of my recent searches for new authors to read (and maybe review) I bought this one by Mark Daydy. I wasn’t
enamored of the title…too long, not very creative and certainly a spoiler alert. Why did the writer give away the plot of the whole story? I thought, ‘a much better title would been Vineyard in the Moonlight or Grapes to Glass or The Vines. I could go on and on about the wrongness of the title but instead of giving it a pass, I bought the book.
Next I’m not a fan of a man writing chick lit (fiction for women). They simply don’t have the empathy to write about women for women. I scoffed but ran my credit card anyway.
I’ve been eating crow with each page that I turned. This was an excellent story, with well drawn characters. There was a certain crispness that I don’t find with female authors, much as I luv ’em. My only critique was that Olivia was a bit ‘wishy-washy’ at times. It would have been a stronger story if she had been more decisive about (for example) leaving her job. She could have done it sooner in my opinion. But what PANACHE! when she finally did it!
I’m looking forward to reading the sequel very soon.
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