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A review by jennikreads
The Winemakers by Jan Moran
4.0
Actual Rating: 4.5 Stars
This definitely lived up to the high bar Jan set with Scent of Triumph.
She has such a way with strong female characters which is so refreshing. Caterina, a single mother in the 50's from a strict family, and her mother Ava, who was orphaned in the 20's and then married off to a husband in a foreign country when she was only 19 are both are incredibly strong and resilient characters. The odds are definitely stacked against them, but they come up with such creative solutions and forge onward in their own ways.
Then there is the wine. Like scent of triumph, Jan really knows her stuff. She obviously do a ton of research before writing this book, because she speaks about wine in terms that I can't imagine the average person just knows. It was a fascinating little window into the world of wine-making.
And the plot itself keeps you on the edge of your seat. I didn't want to put this book down because I just had to know how it ended and how all threads of scents wove together.
The romance in this book is really quite lovely too, but it does not overpower these two strong female leads. It moves the story forward and it is the story, but it's does not weaken our leading ladies. I love that.
Jan Moran just became and auto-buy author for me.
I received this book free from the publisher for an honest review.
Video Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iH5-19MAoY
This definitely lived up to the high bar Jan set with Scent of Triumph.
She has such a way with strong female characters which is so refreshing. Caterina, a single mother in the 50's from a strict family, and her mother Ava, who was orphaned in the 20's and then married off to a husband in a foreign country when she was only 19 are both are incredibly strong and resilient characters. The odds are definitely stacked against them, but they come up with such creative solutions and forge onward in their own ways.
Then there is the wine. Like scent of triumph, Jan really knows her stuff. She obviously do a ton of research before writing this book, because she speaks about wine in terms that I can't imagine the average person just knows. It was a fascinating little window into the world of wine-making.
And the plot itself keeps you on the edge of your seat. I didn't want to put this book down because I just had to know how it ended and how all threads of scents wove together.
The romance in this book is really quite lovely too, but it does not overpower these two strong female leads. It moves the story forward and it is the story, but it's does not weaken our leading ladies. I love that.
Jan Moran just became and auto-buy author for me.
I received this book free from the publisher for an honest review.
Video Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iH5-19MAoY