There didn't seem to be a real story line.

I'll start by saying that the characters seemed to be well-developed, but there were too many characters for the story line. For example, I loved Willow's snarky characteristics and her "never back down" attitude, but she should have had a much more active role in this story. I expected a lot more about the fair when in reality, I almost glossed right over it. Max was introduced way too late into the story. I felt like this book was the sequel to a much earlier novel where we were already used to all of the characters in the book, and the author was reintroducing them into this new story about their lives. I didn't really feel much of a connection to the story while reading it either, which very well could have been that the book is not one I would normally read. One thing I did enjoy is how well you could really see the author's experience with living in a small town. Coming from a small town myself, it was spot on with how gossip occurs and families are connected.