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beastreader's review against another edition
2.0
Meg Brennan Roberts is a publicist for Chad and Craig Hallahan. The Hallahan brothers own Dark Horse Winery. The winery is growing thanks to Meg. Chad approaches Meg and offers a golden opportunity. To go to the London Wine Fair with him to help promote the winery. Meg would like to go but there is the problem of her husband and family. She would have to leave them to attend. Meg’s husband tells Meg to go. Soon Chad and Meg are spending time together. The more time that they spend together, the more Meg starts to reevaluate her marriage.
I have read several of Jane Porter books and enjoyed them. What I do like about them is that the women are strong and experiences. What I mean by this is that they are not young and have lived for a while. It has been a while since I have picked up a book by Jane. So when I saw she had a new book releasing I thought it was a good time to try her again.
Unfortunately for me, this book did not hit the spot. I mean that Meg and Chad were fine and I thought that Chad was great. He and Meg made a good couple. It was easy to see why Meg fell for Chad. He was kind, respectful and was not Meg’s husband. Meg’s husband was a jerk. So this book would have been better for me if you had taken out Meg’s family out of the equation. Their constant bickering got on my nerves and even prompted me to put this book down and walk away from it. It took me a while to go back to it. Then I had to flash forward to when Chad and Meg’s story actually started. Probably will not read the rest of the books about the Brennan sisters but I do look forward to picking up another Jane Porter book outside of this series.
I have read several of Jane Porter books and enjoyed them. What I do like about them is that the women are strong and experiences. What I mean by this is that they are not young and have lived for a while. It has been a while since I have picked up a book by Jane. So when I saw she had a new book releasing I thought it was a good time to try her again.
Unfortunately for me, this book did not hit the spot. I mean that Meg and Chad were fine and I thought that Chad was great. He and Meg made a good couple. It was easy to see why Meg fell for Chad. He was kind, respectful and was not Meg’s husband. Meg’s husband was a jerk. So this book would have been better for me if you had taken out Meg’s family out of the equation. Their constant bickering got on my nerves and even prompted me to put this book down and walk away from it. It took me a while to go back to it. Then I had to flash forward to when Chad and Meg’s story actually started. Probably will not read the rest of the books about the Brennan sisters but I do look forward to picking up another Jane Porter book outside of this series.
jbarr5's review against another edition
5.0
The Good Woman by Jane Porter
This book is mostly about Meg. She's married to Jack and they have 3 kids. She works at the vineyard and devotes a lot of her time to family things: kids after school events and parties.
After traveling to the summer house where she meets her mother and other sisters and spends time listening to their problems with their relationships she starts to question her own. Then she travels overseas to the London exhibit for the wine they produce and she is dreaming of another man, not her husband.
Things heat up a bit but she knows she has the best of all worlds with her family and husband. Health issues arise with others and other break up with their significant others and others are having babies-all a natural part of life these days.
Love the interactions she has with her sisters because I know they each will get their own book and it's going to be nice that I already know a bit about the characters.
Hot steamy sex really spice up this book.
Love anything to do with trees and the vineyard business. Love the detailed travel and the summer house. Love Jack's job and how it's described in the book-what a trade!
Just sitting back really taking my time to finish this and thinking of the decisions and the obvious choices she has and the ramifications each holds...
Comes with an excerpt from the next book in the series and that's another emotional one for me to read, can't wait.
This book is mostly about Meg. She's married to Jack and they have 3 kids. She works at the vineyard and devotes a lot of her time to family things: kids after school events and parties.
After traveling to the summer house where she meets her mother and other sisters and spends time listening to their problems with their relationships she starts to question her own. Then she travels overseas to the London exhibit for the wine they produce and she is dreaming of another man, not her husband.
Things heat up a bit but she knows she has the best of all worlds with her family and husband. Health issues arise with others and other break up with their significant others and others are having babies-all a natural part of life these days.
Love the interactions she has with her sisters because I know they each will get their own book and it's going to be nice that I already know a bit about the characters.
Hot steamy sex really spice up this book.
Love anything to do with trees and the vineyard business. Love the detailed travel and the summer house. Love Jack's job and how it's described in the book-what a trade!
Just sitting back really taking my time to finish this and thinking of the decisions and the obvious choices she has and the ramifications each holds...
Comes with an excerpt from the next book in the series and that's another emotional one for me to read, can't wait.
kdurham2's review against another edition
3.0
Check out the full review at Kritters Ramblings
What started out as a fantastic book about a woman who is unhappy in her marriage, but gets away for a weekend with her three sisters and mother went downhill when she returns home and makes a fatal mistake. Meg is the oldest of four sisters and if you have followed this blog for a bit, you know that I love books that center around siblings and their relationships and birth order. This part of the book, I adored!
What started out as a fantastic book about a woman who is unhappy in her marriage, but gets away for a weekend with her three sisters and mother went downhill when she returns home and makes a fatal mistake. Meg is the oldest of four sisters and if you have followed this blog for a bit, you know that I love books that center around siblings and their relationships and birth order. This part of the book, I adored!
shannon_cocktailsandbooks's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 Stars
This story was written with a lot of insight from all of the characters. It introduces readers to the Brennan sisters & takes place in the San Francisco/Sonoma Valley area. The Good Woman focuses on Mary Margaret, the oldest of five. Meg is from a strong, close Irish Catholic family. She's busily raising her family, working, being an attentive daughter & wise big sister--being "good" all the time. We can all imagine that a person can only do that for so long before they wonder, what about me? Meg starts to think, maybe i do deserve more, to be happy.
When Meg does something completely out of character, there are consequences she does not anticipate. Even though Meg makes a poor choice, you can't help but feel for her as she tries to repair the damage that has been done. While I was sympathetic to Meg'a situation, Jane Porter did a great job of making me understand the perspective of Meg's family members & their reactions.
I look forward to keeping track of Meg & learning even more about the other Brennan sisters in Jane's upcoming books.
Highly recommend this one--just grab your Kleenex & some good California wine for the read!
Guest reviewed for Cocktails and Books by Joelle.
This story was written with a lot of insight from all of the characters. It introduces readers to the Brennan sisters & takes place in the San Francisco/Sonoma Valley area. The Good Woman focuses on Mary Margaret, the oldest of five. Meg is from a strong, close Irish Catholic family. She's busily raising her family, working, being an attentive daughter & wise big sister--being "good" all the time. We can all imagine that a person can only do that for so long before they wonder, what about me? Meg starts to think, maybe i do deserve more, to be happy.
When Meg does something completely out of character, there are consequences she does not anticipate. Even though Meg makes a poor choice, you can't help but feel for her as she tries to repair the damage that has been done. While I was sympathetic to Meg'a situation, Jane Porter did a great job of making me understand the perspective of Meg's family members & their reactions.
I look forward to keeping track of Meg & learning even more about the other Brennan sisters in Jane's upcoming books.
Highly recommend this one--just grab your Kleenex & some good California wine for the read!
Guest reviewed for Cocktails and Books by Joelle.
jillcalvinandhobbs's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
kbranfield's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars. The Good Woman by Jane Porter is a captivating novel about the complexities of sibling and marital relationships. To read my review in its entirety, please click HERE.
dl2000's review against another edition
2.0
I feel very conflicted about this book - it kept me interested right through the end but it frustrated me very much. I did not care for the end of the story at all- I felt like nothing was resolved. What disturbed me most was the message that a woman is not to be considered a good woman if she ever dares to place her needs above the needs of her family. This story basically preaches that being a good woman is all about sacrifice and learning to live with it. Yes, being a mother and wife does mean you make sacrifices but its not that simple. I didn't understand why she accepted her husband's behavior - the way he dragged the kids into the whole sordid mess was inexcusable and would've been enough for me to make up my mind. It was just very sad for me - no good life lessons learned here for me.
gertyp's review against another edition
5.0
I truly enjoyed this book in the new series by Jane Porter. Eagerly looking forward to the next installment.
manonmarieb's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't love it, and didn't hate it though either. It was an up and down of really getting into it, then getting bored, and then getting sucked back in. I liked that I was easily able to get into the characters and they were developed quickly and added an interesting dynamic, but I just found myself getting bored with the storyline off and on.