A review by sv25
The Inn on Sweetbriar Lane by Jeannie Chin

emotional lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book wasn’t for me. I’m honestly not sure why I finished it.  I could see someone else enjoying it,  but to me it read as if you’d asked AI to write every Hallmark movie plot into a novel. It didn’t have charm or wit, it felt like it was just plodding along.

I did not like the main characters. The mmc was so aggressively mean at the beginning of the novel, it was a major red flag. His character development didn’t feel natural. The fmc had a martyr complex and I found all the secret keeping about the bills nonsensical, especially from her seemingly successful sister in NY.