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A review by alexreadsthebooks
Twice Shy by Sarah Hogle
4.0
What do Princess Bride and the grumpy/sunshine and forced proximity tropes have in common? Twice Shy by Sarah Hogle.
Ok, the tropes are pretty clear (she even calls herself out on them). I mean, there's Maybell, the eternal optimist despite everything life has thrown at her, and then there's Wesley, the quiet groundskeeper who co-inherits Maybell’s great aunt Violet’s estate.
They didn’t see that “CO” part coming until it was too late.
And by too late, I mean Maybell had quit her terrible job at a Tennessee mountain resort, left her shitty “friend” behind (more on that in a sec), packed all her possessions in her car, and took off for the estate to restart her life. She expected the well loved and cared for manor house of her childhood that she’d have all to herself.
Wesley has been caring for Aunt Violet in the groundskeeper’s cottage for last few years because Violet had developed a #hoarding problem after the death of her husband, Victor. He expected to have the manor house all to himself to restore and start an animal sanctuary.
Do you see where this is going?
Ok, the tropes are pretty clear (she even calls herself out on them). I mean, there's Maybell, the eternal optimist despite everything life has thrown at her, and then there's Wesley, the quiet groundskeeper who co-inherits Maybell’s great aunt Violet’s estate.
They didn’t see that “CO” part coming until it was too late.
And by too late, I mean Maybell had quit her terrible job at a Tennessee mountain resort, left her shitty “friend” behind (more on that in a sec), packed all her possessions in her car, and took off for the estate to restart her life. She expected the well loved and cared for manor house of her childhood that she’d have all to herself.
Wesley has been caring for Aunt Violet in the groundskeeper’s cottage for last few years because Violet had developed a #hoarding problem after the death of her husband, Victor. He expected to have the manor house all to himself to restore and start an animal sanctuary.
Do you see where this is going?