#BookReview: Mercy Snow by Tiffany Baker
Reviewer: Annie I received a review copy This story is all based around a bus accident, but I would like to say a few things…
In My Mailbox: Week of January 12
Title: Beauty and the Bridesmaid Author: Lisa Souza Received: CLP Blog Tours Synopsis: Could love be a nip/tuck away? Having endured her mother’s fourthwedding, hypnotized by…
In My Mailbox: Week of December 22
Title: Be Careful, It’s My Heart
Author: Kait Nolan
Received: Kait Nolan
Synopsis: The best things happen while you’re acting…
The historic Madrigal theater, in the heart of downtown Wishful, is about to close its doors forever. A last ditch fund-raising effort, a production of White Christmas, is probably the only thing that could bring Tyler Edison out of retirement. She fell in love on that stage, but when Brody Jensen abandoned her, she lost the heart to sing and dance for the crowd. Maybe it’s time to take that back…
It seems like pure chance when Brody’s job, which has taken him all over the world, brings him back to his little hometown to oversee his boss’s latest secret project. Brody’s looking for closure, planning to sell the house his parents left him and finally put his past, and his memories of Tyler, behind him. What better way than to be a part of this last show? Even though his leading lady is surely long gone…
Put on your dancing shoes, auditions start at six o’clock.
Title: The Wedding Dress Club
Author: Lisa T. Snow
Received: Lisa T. Snow
Synopsis: Beyond the gray cubicle walls, a world of fantasy awaits. Six diverse co-workers escape the pressures of family, relationships, and office politics by finding refuge in a bridal salon, where the quirky, open-minded owner allows them to try on wedding gowns – for fun. Only Olivia is getting married – but all have access to the dreamy dresses at Antoinette’s. Through weddings, quinceañeras, and the stress of working for a billion-dollar cosmetics company, co-workers find companionship and common ground, pushing social boundaries in the most unlikely of places: a bridal salon.
Title: Mercy Snow
Author: Tiffany Baker
Received: Grand Central Publishing
Synopsis: In the tiny town of Titan Falls, New Hampshire, the paper mill dictates a quiet, steady rhythm of life. But one day a tragic bus accident sets two families on a course toward destruction, irrevocably altering the lives of everyone in their wake.
June McAllister is the wife of the local mill owner and undisputed first lady in town. But the Snow family, a group of itinerant ne’er-do-wells who live on a decrepit and cursed property, have brought her–and the town–nothing but grief.
June will do anything to cover up a dark secret she discovers after the crash, one that threatens to upend her picture-perfect life, even if it means driving the Snow family out of town. But she has never gone up against a force as fierce as the young Mercy Snow. Mercy is determined to protect her rebellious brother, whom the town blames for the accident, despite his innocence. And she has a secret of her own. When an old skeleton is discovered not far from the crash, it beckons Mercy to solve a mystery buried deep within the town’s past.
Book Review: The Gilly Salt Sisters by Tiffany Baker
I received a copy of The Gilly Salt Sisters by Tiffany Baker in exchange for an honest review.
Summary:
The author of the New York Times bestselling The Little Giant of Aberdeen County returns with a magic-tinged tale of dreams, family secrets, and betrayals on a New England salt farm.
In the isolated Cape Cod village of Prospect, the Gilly sisters are as different as can be. Jo, a fierce and quiet loner, is devoted to the mysteries of her family’s salt farm, while Claire is popular, pretty, and yearns to flee the salt at any cost. But the Gilly land hides a dark legacy that proves impossible to escape. Although the community half-suspects the Gilly sisters might be witches, it doesn’t stop Whit Turner, the town’s wealthiest bachelor, from forcing his way into their lives. It’s Jo who first steals Whit’s heart, but it is Claire–heartbroken over her high school sweetheart–who marries him.
Years later, estranged from her family, Claire finds herself thrust back onto the farm with the last person she would have chosen: her husband’s pregnant mistress. Suddenly, alliances change, old loves return, and new battle lines are drawn. What the Gilly sisters learn about each other, the land around them, and the power of the salt, will not only change each of their lives forever, it will also alter Gilly history for good.
My Review:
I’ll start my review by saying that I enjoyed this book. It was interesting, the characters were unique, and I was curious how everything would end. But when I was thinking of words to use in the review, I kept coming back to one – bored. I was a little bored with the book as a whole. I was never really captivated by the story and it took me almost four days to read, which is an anomaly for me. So I ended up shutting this book with conflicting feelings. While I did still enjoy it, I can’t say I loved it by any means.
3 stars
