Thank you to Bookish and the publisher for an advanced reader copy of this book.
I chose this book based on the excerpt that Bookish allowed me to read. I was immediately drawn in to a story about two little girls, one of whom could communicate with books and the other who was a misunderstood foster child taken in by a fantastic foster mother. However, the book only gives one chapter each to these little girls and then moves into the future, where everyone's grown up and living in Dove Pond.
This is another loveable curmudgeon tale, where the town comes together to make the grinch's heart grow three sizes. It includes themes of raising children while taking care of parents with dementia, along with small town life. The only difference is that there’s a bit of magic. Lots of things went unexplained, but since this is marked as #1, it appears that those things were set up for continuation in a later book.
The middle of this book was a little long, and the dialogue was a bit tedious. It seemed like some things were repeated, and that may be edited down in the final version.
Overall, it’s a fine book if you’re looking for something light. I can't quite put it in the heartwarming category though because I'm not sure I connected enough with the curmudgeon to be excited about her turnaround.
I chose this book based on the excerpt that Bookish allowed me to read. I was immediately drawn in to a story about two little girls, one of whom could communicate with books and the other who was a misunderstood foster child taken in by a fantastic foster mother. However, the book only gives one chapter each to these little girls and then moves into the future, where everyone's grown up and living in Dove Pond.
This is another loveable curmudgeon tale, where the town comes together to make the grinch's heart grow three sizes. It includes themes of raising children while taking care of parents with dementia, along with small town life. The only difference is that there’s a bit of magic. Lots of things went unexplained, but since this is marked as #1, it appears that those things were set up for continuation in a later book.
The middle of this book was a little long, and the dialogue was a bit tedious. It seemed like some things were repeated, and that may be edited down in the final version.
Overall, it’s a fine book if you’re looking for something light. I can't quite put it in the heartwarming category though because I'm not sure I connected enough with the curmudgeon to be excited about her turnaround.