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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
A beautiful Northern California setting. A cottage by the sea. A small town that stands together. A lingering sadness of the past waiting to be resolved. A family of strong women, each working through her own challenges and all eventually supporting one another. A couple of sweet romances for good measure. The Sea Glass Cottage by Reanne Thayne a feel good story perfect for a cozy afternoon.
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2020/03/the-sea-glass-cottage.html
Reviewed for NetGalley
Read my complete review at http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2020/03/the-sea-glass-cottage.html
Reviewed for NetGalley
Wow. So much in this book.
Three women discovering that the secrets they are keeping from each other are not doing any of them any good.
Olivia had a horrific experience and then finds out something has happened to her mom. This brings her back to town. Such a complicated family dynamic that works the whole book to be sorted out.
Such a great story!
Three women discovering that the secrets they are keeping from each other are not doing any of them any good.
Olivia had a horrific experience and then finds out something has happened to her mom. This brings her back to town. Such a complicated family dynamic that works the whole book to be sorted out.
Such a great story!
I'm a sucker for cozy and generational stories. Reading: The Sea Glass Cottage felt like reading one of my other fave authors. Debbie Macomb, whose stories give you all the feels The Sea Glass Cottage has.
Olivia Harper is a entrepreneur that lives and makes a living in Seattle. She's been trying to keep it together, especially because she's dealing with PTSD. A while ago she was in a coffeehouse and a barista got brutally attacked. It weighs so heavily in her mind because she froze when everything happened and she wasn't able to help the barista. She receives a call that adds on to her already stressed out life.
Her mother, whom she already has a rocky relationship with has fallen off a ladder and broken a few bones. She immediately drops everything and heads to her mother. In the back of her mind she's hoping she can rekindle their relationship as mother and daughter. Three generations of women with baggage, secrets, teenage angst, men issues, and everything else you can imagine under the sun. Will they be able to leave the past behind them and turn over new leafs? Will they become a happy family?
I really enjoyed this book and I related a lot to Olivia. Even though she's been treated like crap by her family, she still manages to be there for them...or maybe we're just pushovers?
Thank you to NetGalley, Mills & Boon, ,and HarperCollins for a copy of this awesome book in a exchange for a honest review!
Olivia Harper is a entrepreneur that lives and makes a living in Seattle. She's been trying to keep it together, especially because she's dealing with PTSD. A while ago she was in a coffeehouse and a barista got brutally attacked. It weighs so heavily in her mind because she froze when everything happened and she wasn't able to help the barista. She receives a call that adds on to her already stressed out life.
Her mother, whom she already has a rocky relationship with has fallen off a ladder and broken a few bones. She immediately drops everything and heads to her mother. In the back of her mind she's hoping she can rekindle their relationship as mother and daughter. Three generations of women with baggage, secrets, teenage angst, men issues, and everything else you can imagine under the sun. Will they be able to leave the past behind them and turn over new leafs? Will they become a happy family?
I really enjoyed this book and I related a lot to Olivia. Even though she's been treated like crap by her family, she still manages to be there for them...or maybe we're just pushovers?
Thank you to NetGalley, Mills & Boon, ,and HarperCollins for a copy of this awesome book in a exchange for a honest review!
lighthearted
fast-paced
I'm not a big romance fan and maybe that was why I didn't like this book? There were so many complications in one story: death after an overdose, PTSD from a robbery, searching for the identity of a father, falling in love again quickly after a breakup, family ties being strained, injury after a fall, death from cancer! It was a lot. And just knowing a romance was coming to put a bow on everything... didn't do it for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
My brain needed to just love a book and root for the characters… and this was exactly what it was clamoring for.
A wonderful story.
For full review: https://katiegreviews.wordpress.com/2020/02/21/review-the-sea-glass-cottage-by-raeanne-thayne/
For full review: https://katiegreviews.wordpress.com/2020/02/21/review-the-sea-glass-cottage-by-raeanne-thayne/
Olivia might have been estranged from her mother Juliet, but when Juliet is hurt, Olivia packs up and goes to tend for her. With Olivia's life already being a bit off-balance, the timing certainly isn't good. Now, not only does Olivia wish for Juliet to make a full recovery, it is really hoped that the two can overcome their difficult past.
The Sea Glass Cottage quickly turns into quite a sensitive story, especially when Olivia is dealing with her niece Caitlin, who lost her mother to drugs and is now being raised by her grandmother. Is Olivia up to the task to draw closer to her family, even if it means her stay in the picturesque village of Cape Sanctuary might have to be extended?
This was a very well-written book that really drew me in. The family dynamics were complicated but showed a lot of promise. Although there is quite a bit of family drama, Olivia has a chance at love when it comes in the form of the local fire chief, Cooper Vance. Olivia's relationship with Cooper was a very nice layer to a wonderful book. Although this may be my first read by RaeAnne Thayne it certainly won't be my last.
Many thanks to HQN Books and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
The Sea Glass Cottage quickly turns into quite a sensitive story, especially when Olivia is dealing with her niece Caitlin, who lost her mother to drugs and is now being raised by her grandmother. Is Olivia up to the task to draw closer to her family, even if it means her stay in the picturesque village of Cape Sanctuary might have to be extended?
This was a very well-written book that really drew me in. The family dynamics were complicated but showed a lot of promise. Although there is quite a bit of family drama, Olivia has a chance at love when it comes in the form of the local fire chief, Cooper Vance. Olivia's relationship with Cooper was a very nice layer to a wonderful book. Although this may be my first read by RaeAnne Thayne it certainly won't be my last.
Many thanks to HQN Books and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
This book is all about feelings, but there's no action and not much that actually happens. Even the more exciting events happen at a distance or in the past -- the story starts after the incident at the coffee shop, for instance. Or, we read about Cooper's hard day with the fire department, but only after it's happened and it's just mentioned in passing. I was hoping that toward the end something dramatic would happen that would require Olivia to be brave in some way so she could feel like she had redeemed herself after the coffee house incident -- perhaps some violent person showing up at the fire house breakfast -- but nothing happens.
I also thought the book didn't live up to its title. I wanted the house, the Sea Glass Cottage, to be more important. If it's the title of the book, it should almost be a character in its own right, or we should at least read more details about it, and that was not the case.
I also thought the book didn't live up to its title. I wanted the house, the Sea Glass Cottage, to be more important. If it's the title of the book, it should almost be a character in its own right, or we should at least read more details about it, and that was not the case.
Okay so I liked this book. I mean I 100% figured out any semblance of a “twist” within the first 100 pages. BUT I liked it. HOWEVER. Big however here. Who the HECK does the editing?? And I’m not talking about the book pages itself. But Um Juliet gets injured falling off a 20 foot ladder. The book jacket says she gets injured in a car accident. I’m just like how did this get looked over???
Sweet story, but holy cow, so many adjectives. It definitely needed a good edit.