Reviews of Cape May | BookishFirst

kpat

Apr 21 2019 – 05:54 PM

Needs a Redeeming Quality

The beginning started so well! Cape May, New Jersey 1957. Effie, aged 18, spent summers of her...

slindsaybriggs

Apr 21 2019 – 05:50 PM

Typical Love Story??

This was my first BookishFirst win. A fun new book club. I enjoyed the story. Henry and Effie...

carole

Apr 21 2019 – 06:06 AM

T.M.I.

The story of Cape May is an interesting one about a honeymooning couple playing at being adults...

omahajg

Apr 20 2019 – 11:37 PM

Oh what tangled webs we weave!

I really enjoyed this book. The writing style kept me engaged in the story. Oh what tangled webs...

jesterbuny

Apr 20 2019 – 07:47 PM

Sexy, Dark, Intriguing

I read an advanced readers copy of Cape May. Cape May was a different genre from books I normally...

tina_readsbooks

Apr 20 2019 – 08:18 AM

Anger is all I feel

Effie (18) and Henry (20) are on their honeymoon to Cape May, New Jersey; a place that Effie...

lc8558

Apr 19 2019 – 01:54 PM

Not What I Expected

Effie and Henry are in Cape May for their honeymoon. What begins as a sweet story about a...

abookwanderer

Apr 18 2019 – 06:54 PM

Immersive and atmospheric!

When I read the sneak peek of this novel on Bookishfirst, I knew it was one I would want to read....

dclazygirl

Apr 18 2019 – 11:29 AM

It Will Make you Miss the Beach

I was really excited to read this book as my family has owned a house in Cape May since the...

angie0184

Apr 18 2019 – 07:56 AM

Booze, sex, and pantyhose

I felt like I needed a shower after I read this book. And not because of the drinking and sex. I...

under_thecover

Apr 17 2019 – 10:18 AM

Tell me more!

Effie and Henry have known each other since they were children in school. Our story begins on...

racie0417

Apr 16 2019 – 09:24 PM

So hard to review

This book will be difficult to review but I am settling on 4 stars. As far as a review, I am not...

eseide

Apr 16 2019 – 01:02 PM

Fast-paced, intriguing dissolution of a marriage

1950s: Henry and Effie are newlyweds honeymooning during the off-season in Cape May, New Jersey,...

reb922

Apr 15 2019 – 12:55 PM

A honeymoon at the beach

Set in the beach town of Cape May New Jersey in the 1950's Effie and Henry a a young couple on...

buy_the_book

Apr 15 2019 – 09:22 AM

The drama kept me turning the pages

Cape May kept me turning the pages. The writing put me right there at Cape May with the...

maryella

Apr 11 2019 – 10:36 AM

fascinating

This is a fascinating book-- it creeps up on you stealthily and with great finesse, and then...

linda parvin hutchinson

Apr 10 2019 – 08:45 PM

Honeymoon Hangover

Lawd, have mercy. This book, “Cape May” was a wild ride. A young (very young) newly married...

kfp10596

Apr 04 2019 – 08:38 AM

Enjoyed the first chapters

I love the flash back to the time long ago. I wasn’t alive then but it intrigues me. A young...

shells

Apr 03 2019 – 02:51 PM

Page turner

The more I read this fast-pace book, the more I enjoyed it, and couldn’t put it down. This was...

sheriel67

Apr 02 2019 – 11:36 PM

Evolution of a relationship

I was excited to try this new to me author. The story of a young couple, shy and maybe a little...

laurilu82

Apr 02 2019 – 11:07 PM

A New England Dream

Went to Cape Cod once. Just the beauty and mystique of the area was enough for me to even look at...

hotreadslibrarian

Apr 02 2019 – 03:00 PM

Cover didn't do much, but that Description! OMG

The cover of this book did not draw me in at all. I would have thought it was a sad book, but the...