A review by kairosdreaming
Already Home by Susan Mallery
5.0
Chick-lit? Yes. Sappy and sometimes implausible story-line? Check. Utterly engrossing, charming, and hard to put down? You betcha! There's nothing wrong with diving into a good romance and this one hit the spot for me. In fact, so much so that I read it in one sitting and regretted it as I tried to work the next morning.
After a failed marriage, Jenna moves back to her hometown to open a kitchen supply store. She's closer to her adopted parents and has more of a safety net, but she still has a lot of confidence issues to work on. Luckily, new friends and acquaintances; along with a few VERY surprising ones make sure that life stays interesting for her.
Jenna was a great character. Sometimes I get annoyed with the female leads when they do implausible things or make decisions just to drive the plot. That didn't really happen with Jenna (maybe with her friend Violet, debatable). She went through her struggles, made some solid decisions, and seemed overall reasonable. I also enjoyed her mother Beth; she was a likable character and very heart-warming. And the rest were special in their own way.
I won't say it was a super quick read (reference that staying up too late before), but it was a good sit down and escape for awhile read. The pace was not too fast, not too slow, and it led you through events in a logical manner. And the romance, while a bit more descriptive on some of the less than romantic scenes made it somewhat appealing, it wasn't enough to distract from the story.
Great read!
Review by M. Reynard 2021
After a failed marriage, Jenna moves back to her hometown to open a kitchen supply store. She's closer to her adopted parents and has more of a safety net, but she still has a lot of confidence issues to work on. Luckily, new friends and acquaintances; along with a few VERY surprising ones make sure that life stays interesting for her.
Jenna was a great character. Sometimes I get annoyed with the female leads when they do implausible things or make decisions just to drive the plot. That didn't really happen with Jenna (maybe with her friend Violet, debatable). She went through her struggles, made some solid decisions, and seemed overall reasonable. I also enjoyed her mother Beth; she was a likable character and very heart-warming. And the rest were special in their own way.
I won't say it was a super quick read (reference that staying up too late before), but it was a good sit down and escape for awhile read. The pace was not too fast, not too slow, and it led you through events in a logical manner. And the romance, while a bit more descriptive on some of the less than romantic scenes made it somewhat appealing, it wasn't enough to distract from the story.
Great read!
Review by M. Reynard 2021