Christmas in Lucky Harbor (Books 1 & 2) and Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis
Published by Forever
Thanks Jess at Gone with the Words for recommending!!
cover: cutsey
plot: sweet and sinful
writing style:emotional and strong
characters: realistically flawed
pace: steady
uniqueness: not your typical RomCom
rating: loved it
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cover
To be honest the cutsey covers of this series doesn’t really do it for me. It doesn’t convey the deep emotion of these stories. Especially the emotion of book 2, which is my favorite. Though I really enjoyed 1 and 2 too.
plot
Ok so what are these books about, well its the story of these three sisters who have an eccentric mother and different fathers. They are not particularly close, but when their mother dies she leaves them this little bed and breakfast in this town called Lucky Harbor. Together with a little box of recipes of life their mom left, they find love and themselves, but most importantly each other.
I really love these small town books. I love getting to know not just the main characters, but the local watering holes and the small town people. I think Susan Mallery does a good job with these types of books as well. But unlike Susan’s books, which I find a bit slow at times, these books don’t lag and I found myself enjoying every minute of it.
writing style
Like I said above, Jill is great at getting to the emotion of the story. Scenes we described well, but there wasn’t pages of descriptions. I really enjoyed her writing style and have looked into other books by her.
characters
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the men of these books. And the sisters, and the town folk, seriously just everything about these books clicked.
pace
It didn’t go by too fast or too slow.
uniqueness
I would say there isn’t anything that is extremely unique about these books, but it was refreshing. With authors like Kristan Higgans and Susan Mallery, Jill has earned her place as one of my favorite contemporary romance writers.
