octoberjenten's review against another edition
2.0
This book was so so. I was a bit disappointed with it. I felt myself struggling through it.
shelleyrae's review against another edition
3.0
Miss Dreamsville and The Lost Heiress of Collier County is a sequel to Amy Hill Hearth's debut novel, [b:Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society|13547429|Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society|Amy Hill Hearth|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1342532968s/13547429.jpg|19112569].
Picking up a year after the events of the first book, Dora Witherspoon is called back to Collier County by an urgent telegram from Delores Simpson who asks for Dora's help in stopping her ex husband from building a development over the 'glades. Dora isn't entirely sure how Delores expects her to do so but with the support of her friends, she is determined to at least try.
I enjoyed reuniting with the members of the Collier County Women's Literary Society, Jackie 'Miss Dreamsville' Hart, Plain Jane, murderess Mrs Bailey White, Robbie-Lee and his alligator hunter mother, Delores nee Bunny-Anne McIntyre, and Priscilla, along with her precious new baby, Dream. Dora has been absent for a year, searching for information about her late mother's family in Mississippi but she is welcomed back with open arms, and the group is all too happy to join Dora's cause to save Delores's home.
With it's charming southern accent and lighthearted wit, you might be fooled into thinking this novel is nothing more than light entertainment, but it includes an important message about environmental protection, and again touches on the intolerance, racism and sexism that typified the far south in the early sixties.
The plot is entertaining as Jackie stirs up trouble in the local newspaper, provoking the ghost of Seminole Joe and the ire of the town's investors. Dora is also struggling with the secrets she learned in Jackson about her family, unaware that she will find the surprising answers to her remaining questions in Collier County.
Funny, charming and yet thoughtful, Miss Dreamsville and The Lost Heiress of Collier County could be read as a stand alone but I would recommend that [b:Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society|13547429|Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women's Literary Society|Amy Hill Hearth|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1342532968s/13547429.jpg|19112569] be read first.
kc1005us's review against another edition
3.0
I received a copy of Miss Dreamsville and the Lost Heiress of Collier County as a preread from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Having now finished this book, I wish I had read the first one! I'm putting it on my list from our local library.
I enjoyed being taken back in time (1964) to Florida, realizing just how different life in the south was, compared to life here in New England.
I look forward to learning more about Dora & her friends!
Having now finished this book, I wish I had read the first one! I'm putting it on my list from our local library.
I enjoyed being taken back in time (1964) to Florida, realizing just how different life in the south was, compared to life here in New England.
I look forward to learning more about Dora & her friends!
murderbydeath's review
4.0
I enjoyed every page of it. It wasn't quite as solid as the first book, but this was a trip back home for me and I'm sure that went a long way towards filling in any gaps.
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