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A review by sde
Up at Butternut Lake by Mary McNear
3.0
Predictable story, but the kind of soothing story I need right now. The main romance was way too corny to be believable, given the characters ages and things they had seen in life. I enjoyed the friend relationships - e.g. Allie and Jax, Caroline and Frankie - much more. I enjoyed the setting, and I think it got the small town feel of everyone knowing each other correct, although I wondered where all the summer people were. The friendships between people in different stages of life, like that between Caroline and Jax, are more likely to happen in places like this because if you tried to stick with people like yourself, you may end up having no friends.
I enjoyed the fact that the little boy, Wyatt, was a big part of the story, and, although well-behaved, didn't have the annoying precocious quality that many kid characters have in adult books. I was angry with Allie, though, when she told Walker he
Just once I would like to read a book like this wear the characters are regular looking or even homely. There seem to be a lot more gorgeous 30-60 year olds in light reading books than I see in my own life. Average looking people can find love too!
So an easy reading book that might be classified as a romance, but there is a lot of story outside the romance.
Oh, and it looks like this is the first in a long series. I really want to have a story set here in the dead of winter. I think it would be a lot more interesting! Most of us have been on a lake in the summer, but a northern Minnesota lake down in winter?? Alas, it looks like none of them are, although there is one set around Christmas. Probably because, according to the bio, the author lives in California most of the year and summers in Minnesota.
I enjoyed the fact that the little boy, Wyatt, was a big part of the story, and, although well-behaved, didn't have the annoying precocious quality that many kid characters have in adult books. I was angry with Allie, though, when she told Walker he
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could no longer take Wyatt fishing after she "broke up" with him. Wyatt didn't even know they were dating, and both Walker and Wyatt obviously benefited from the relationship, so it seemed cruel to take the outings away from the little boy. .Just once I would like to read a book like this wear the characters are regular looking or even homely. There seem to be a lot more gorgeous 30-60 year olds in light reading books than I see in my own life. Average looking people can find love too!
So an easy reading book that might be classified as a romance, but there is a lot of story outside the romance.
Oh, and it looks like this is the first in a long series. I really want to have a story set here in the dead of winter. I think it would be a lot more interesting! Most of us have been on a lake in the summer, but a northern Minnesota lake down in winter?? Alas, it looks like none of them are, although there is one set around Christmas. Probably because, according to the bio, the author lives in California most of the year and summers in Minnesota.