A review by allingoodtime
Coming Home by Mariah Stewart
4.0
Mariah Stewart is a new-to-me author and I'm super glad I gave her a chance. The mixture of romance, family bonds, friendship and mystery was perfect in this book.
Ms. Stewart did a wonderful job of introducing the reader to key people in the small town of St. Dennis without it being overwhelming. And all of the residents of this small town are so charming. I'm really interested to see where the possible magic/herbalist storyline will go through the other books in the series.
I'm also thinking there may be more to the back story of the Shields family that can be touched on in the future. That particular family and their drama kept me riveted and I'd love to learn more.
As much as I loved this book, there were a few things about Vanessa that bothered me. I will admit the things I didn't like about her have more to do with me being totally non-girly and her being a bit girly. Her choice of footwear and disdain for other footwear I found snobbish. Truthfully it didn't really bother me too much until the last chapter. I thought she was acting kind of like a diva. But since it was at the end of the book it didn't totally ruin the character for me.
I'm interested to check out the next book and get to know the people of St. Dennis better as well as get to know this author better.
Ms. Stewart did a wonderful job of introducing the reader to key people in the small town of St. Dennis without it being overwhelming. And all of the residents of this small town are so charming. I'm really interested to see where the possible magic/herbalist storyline will go through the other books in the series.
I'm also thinking there may be more to the back story of the Shields family that can be touched on in the future. That particular family and their drama kept me riveted and I'd love to learn more.
As much as I loved this book, there were a few things about Vanessa that bothered me. I will admit the things I didn't like about her have more to do with me being totally non-girly and her being a bit girly. Her choice of footwear and disdain for other footwear I found snobbish. Truthfully it didn't really bother me too much until the last chapter. I thought she was acting kind of like a diva. But since it was at the end of the book it didn't totally ruin the character for me.
I'm interested to check out the next book and get to know the people of St. Dennis better as well as get to know this author better.