Swimming Lessons by Mary Alice Monroe
Well sometimes you can’t go home again. Trying to re-read the second book in The Beach House series was a mess. This took me so many days to get through. I know it came out almost what, 20 years ago, and I can say it does not hold up at all. The book was just a grind to get through. I also now hate the name Little Lovie. Just call the child a different name people. There is no conflict in this book at all. […]
The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe
Funny enough a friend asked me about Mary Alice Monroe earlier this week. I realized she had a standalone historical novel come out after a number of years of not having anything outside of “The Beach House” series. I told her that I loved Mary Alice Monroe’s earlier works, loved “The Book Club” and was surprised but pleased to see the first book of “The Beach House” series in my Kindle as previously read (eons ago). I decided to re-read this one and “Swimming Lessons.” […]
The Summer Guests by Mary Alice Monroe
So if this book had just been a follow-up to the Beach House series it would have worked much better. Instead Monroe takes on horses in this one and a bunch of characters that either didn’t make an impression on me, or ones that I ended up not caring for. My favorite parts of this book was a look into Cara Rutledge’s life since the last book in the Beach House series. That said, I am still disappointed we didn’t hear more about her brother, […]
Beach House Memories by Mary Alice Monroe
Spoilers for those who have not read Beach House #1 and Swimming Lessons otherwise known as Beach House #2). I ultimately felt bored and slightly letdown by the third book in the series. I honestly considered just passing it up since I am not a fan of reading about affairs in romance novels. Between that and how Lovie honestly seemed to ignore her two kids for her “romance” I wasn’t feeling the plot at all. And when Monroe showed how and why Lovie ended up […]
Skyward by Mary Alice Monroe
Honestly this one didn’t work when you focused on the adult characters. There was also a wise old black man helping out the white people around him and that didn’t sit that well with me either. I think the biggest issue is that Harris was selfish about everything and Ella should have stayed professional. The characters of Elijah, Brady, and Clarice are the only parts of the book I enjoyed reading about. Monroe backed off on incorporating Brady into more of the story and I […]
