BREAKFAST AT THE HONEY CREEK CAFE #1
By Jodi Thomas
⭐⭐⭐
The story itself was sweet but this book was way too slow and I had a hard time keeping up with it. Unfortunately it wasn't the kind of book that you don't want to put down. I didn't really feel connected to the characters and everything was too rushed! I mean, in less than a week people were saying 'I love you' and giving up their lives to be together forever. While you're reading the book, it feels like the whole story happens in about a month or two but then when you see the names of the chapters, it's only been three days and I was confused. There are so many characters to remember and the story is told by four different people: Piper (the mayor), Colby (undercover trooper), Sam (the new preacher/firefighter) and Pecos (a high school kid). The characters only connect at the end of the story and still don't have a strong connection between them; it's more like they were in the right place at the right time, and that's all. I saw that this will have a continuation but I'm not sure if I want to keep reading it. Maybe in the next book they explain better the connection between the characters. The 'mystery' was predictable and very silly. Another thing that didn't make sense for me was the book name. Honey Creek is the name of the town, and there's a cafe where they had breakfast a couple times, but that's all. I think the name should be something like "Love Stories of Honey Creek", because for some reason, people in Honey Creek get to know each other, start loving each other and decide they want to be together forever in four days! The story itself was sweet. There were three different love stories going on. If the stories had happened in about a month or two everything would make more sense. The only story I'm interested in knowing the ending of is Pecos' marriage. I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review
By Jodi Thomas
⭐⭐⭐
The story itself was sweet but this book was way too slow and I had a hard time keeping up with it. Unfortunately it wasn't the kind of book that you don't want to put down. I didn't really feel connected to the characters and everything was too rushed! I mean, in less than a week people were saying 'I love you' and giving up their lives to be together forever. While you're reading the book, it feels like the whole story happens in about a month or two but then when you see the names of the chapters, it's only been three days and I was confused. There are so many characters to remember and the story is told by four different people: Piper (the mayor), Colby (undercover trooper), Sam (the new preacher/firefighter) and Pecos (a high school kid). The characters only connect at the end of the story and still don't have a strong connection between them; it's more like they were in the right place at the right time, and that's all. I saw that this will have a continuation but I'm not sure if I want to keep reading it. Maybe in the next book they explain better the connection between the characters. The 'mystery' was predictable and very silly. Another thing that didn't make sense for me was the book name. Honey Creek is the name of the town, and there's a cafe where they had breakfast a couple times, but that's all. I think the name should be something like "Love Stories of Honey Creek", because for some reason, people in Honey Creek get to know each other, start loving each other and decide they want to be together forever in four days! The story itself was sweet. There were three different love stories going on. If the stories had happened in about a month or two everything would make more sense. The only story I'm interested in knowing the ending of is Pecos' marriage. I received a free digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review