Reviews
Beach Season by Lisa Jackson, Susan Lynn Crose, Holly Chamberlin, Rosalind Noonan, Cathy Lamb
mishale1's review against another edition
3.0
It's winter time here and I needed a beach book. This was a good choice, it was four individual stories set at the beach. I enjoyed the first three a lot, June's Lace, Second Chance Sweethearts and Carolina Summer. I'm not even sure which one I liked best. But I didn't care for the fourth story Brass Ring.
I'll focus on the ones I liked :)
June's Lace was about a woman named June who is several years deep into divorce proceedings with a man who won't let the marriage go. She's told herself she will never allow herself to fall in love again. But she has quite the meet cute with a wonderful man at the beach.
I thought the love interest was a great character, I enjoyed June's job and her family was also incredibly entertaining.
Second Chance Sweethearts is about Thea who is hiding out in a beach town hoping her abusive ex husband won't find her. She starts reminiscing about her ex boyfriend, the one that got away, and she miraculously runs into him and gets a second chance.
I loved the cat and the land lady in this story too.
Carolina Summer was probably my favorite.
Ok I may like this one and June's Lace equally.
The beach was the most present in this story too. Jane is running away from a killer and she winds up in a small beach town where the local sheriff quickly becomes a part of her life.
I loved the descriptions of dinners on the deck, watching the sunset at the beach. Such a summery thing to look forward to.
Even without loving the final story, this book was still very enjoyable. And it was only 99 cents on IBooks so you can't possibly resist :)
I'll focus on the ones I liked :)
June's Lace was about a woman named June who is several years deep into divorce proceedings with a man who won't let the marriage go. She's told herself she will never allow herself to fall in love again. But she has quite the meet cute with a wonderful man at the beach.
I thought the love interest was a great character, I enjoyed June's job and her family was also incredibly entertaining.
Second Chance Sweethearts is about Thea who is hiding out in a beach town hoping her abusive ex husband won't find her. She starts reminiscing about her ex boyfriend, the one that got away, and she miraculously runs into him and gets a second chance.
I loved the cat and the land lady in this story too.
Carolina Summer was probably my favorite.
Ok I may like this one and June's Lace equally.
The beach was the most present in this story too. Jane is running away from a killer and she winds up in a small beach town where the local sheriff quickly becomes a part of her life.
I loved the descriptions of dinners on the deck, watching the sunset at the beach. Such a summery thing to look forward to.
Even without loving the final story, this book was still very enjoyable. And it was only 99 cents on IBooks so you can't possibly resist :)
meghannhume23's review against another edition
4.0
Loved most of the stories in this book!!! Love Cathy Lamb and am looking forward to reading more from the other authors..
lisadee's review against another edition
3.0
Collections of novellas are great for dipping in and out of between books and this seems like a light, enjoyable collection to read during the last weeks of summer. In general these are stories about summer, love and second chances at happiness.
The first story, June's lace was laugh out loud funny at times, sweet and mushy at others. I loved the quirky characters (June's flower child, Scottish family). Even June's inner voice (annoying in some other books that will remain nameless) was funny rather than awkward. The only part of this story I didn't enjoy was the merging of time and place within the story. June would be in one place or in her own thoughts and suddenly with only a new paragraph to mark the switch she is somewhere else. A little extra space between paragraph or something to mark the switch would have been nice.
The second story almost bored me into DNF status. The tension built but was too easily and suddenly resolved. It was just a little turmoil meant to carry the story from one place to another.
Story 3: Carolina Summer had everything it needed for a good story. The characters were interesting, their chemistry perfect. The plot built well with the conflict rising, if a little rushed because it was a novella.....but then the end had quite a few unbelievable points that made it just feel like the story had to be wrapped up quickly while sacrificing the story.
Story 4: The Brass Ring. Boredom strikes again! This story seemed the break the mold of the similar stories that came before. That might be a good thing if I felt drawn in by the characters, but they seemed bland.
The first story, June's lace was laugh out loud funny at times, sweet and mushy at others. I loved the quirky characters (June's flower child, Scottish family). Even June's inner voice (annoying in some other books that will remain nameless) was funny rather than awkward. The only part of this story I didn't enjoy was the merging of time and place within the story. June would be in one place or in her own thoughts and suddenly with only a new paragraph to mark the switch she is somewhere else. A little extra space between paragraph or something to mark the switch would have been nice.
The second story almost bored me into DNF status. The tension built but was too easily and suddenly resolved. It was just a little turmoil meant to carry the story from one place to another.
Story 3: Carolina Summer had everything it needed for a good story. The characters were interesting, their chemistry perfect. The plot built well with the conflict rising, if a little rushed because it was a novella.....but then the end had quite a few unbelievable points that made it just feel like the story had to be wrapped up quickly while sacrificing the story.
Story 4: The Brass Ring. Boredom strikes again! This story seemed the break the mold of the similar stories that came before. That might be a good thing if I felt drawn in by the characters, but they seemed bland.
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