Small town romance with magical realism
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this review copy of The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins.
This is a sweet little slice of life small town story that includes the long time residents of Dove Pond and a new family that joins them. It also includes bits of magical realism.
Grace is trying to keep her family together after her sister dies and leaves her to care for her ailing adoptive mother and her niece Daisy. As they navigate their new lives in Dove Pond they have to learn to trust the new people they meet and help rejuvenate the town after it suffers from a shrinking tax base and an indifferent Mayor.
This was a light story that makes a nice break in between other books. I found I was more interested in some of the other side characters than Grace. I found her needlessly chilly and off-putting for most of the book.
But overall, I look forward to reading more Dove Pond stories.
This is a sweet little slice of life small town story that includes the long time residents of Dove Pond and a new family that joins them. It also includes bits of magical realism.
Grace is trying to keep her family together after her sister dies and leaves her to care for her ailing adoptive mother and her niece Daisy. As they navigate their new lives in Dove Pond they have to learn to trust the new people they meet and help rejuvenate the town after it suffers from a shrinking tax base and an indifferent Mayor.
This was a light story that makes a nice break in between other books. I found I was more interested in some of the other side characters than Grace. I found her needlessly chilly and off-putting for most of the book.
But overall, I look forward to reading more Dove Pond stories.