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kayles4's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
lastpaige111's review against another edition
3.0
Entertaining mix of romance and self-actualization with delightful disdain for lobbyists. Combination of completely unrealistic scenarios with font of stereotypes tickles the brain.
sallyavena's review against another edition
3.0
Complete brain candy...good story, fun to read, but really nothing to it. It was fun to actually get all of the GA references and places.
hannahfeathers's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jgintrovertedreader's review against another edition
4.0
Dempsey Killebrew is having a very bad day. She and her handsome boss, Alex, are all over the evening news, smack in the center of a political scandal. They're lobbyists accused of buying a Congressman's votes with a vacation to the Bahamas and, um, hookers. Not the situation that a rising young lawyer wants to find herself in.
Injury is added to insult when Alex fires her. With no other options, Dempsey reluctantly accepts the deal her father offers--she can fix up the family mansion back in the tiny town of Guthrie, Georgia, and he'll give her part of the proceeds from the sale. Life in a small town is more interesting than Dempsey expects, especially when she realizes that the "mansion" is a dump, a belligerent old lady has decided the house is hers, FBI agents are sniffing around, and there are some very eligible men in town.
I had a ball listening to this! I'll admit that this isn't really any new ground for Mary Kay Andrews, but she does this so well that I just don't care. Old houses/antiques, spunky heroines, and handsome men are a winning combination in her hands.
Dempsey herself is a little whiney at first, but if I'm being honest, I would whine much more if I found myself in a similar situation. And then to go running home to Daddy! I just wanted to tell the girl to grow up. But when she gets to the house and she has to start dealing with contractors and Ella Kate, the mean old lady, and the FBI, she has to learn to stand on her own feet. And she handles it beautifully. I'm pretty sure I was cheering by the end.
Speaking of Ella Kate, she is mean as a rattlesnake. I wanted to reach through my car stereo and smack her around. I am not lying. The things she says and does! At least she was good for a laugh after the initial frustration wore off. She's got her own story too.
And those Berryhill men--I'll take either one, father or son. Carter has all the genuine charm of the Old South and Tee is an enlightened representative of the New. They both know how to treat a woman. And Tee is hot. Not in a let's-get-naked kind of way, although there is a touch of that, but in a let's-have-a-real-relationship kind of way. He's a guy that you want to be around for the long haul, and you know that he's got commitment on his mind too.
The narrator, Isabel Keating, did an amazing job. She resisted the urge to go with a syrupy Southern accent. That's not to say that old Carter doesn't drawl his vowels out, but she kept it to a minimum. Her character voices were great. She covered everything from 4-year-old boys to an ancient old lady and she pulled it off. I was startled the first few times I heard the boys or Ella Kate speak. I would have sworn that someone else was doing their voices. It was almost eerie.
For a fun, romantic read that will keep you smiling (except for when you want to hit someone who is just asking for it), I highly recommend this one.
Injury is added to insult when Alex fires her. With no other options, Dempsey reluctantly accepts the deal her father offers--she can fix up the family mansion back in the tiny town of Guthrie, Georgia, and he'll give her part of the proceeds from the sale. Life in a small town is more interesting than Dempsey expects, especially when she realizes that the "mansion" is a dump, a belligerent old lady has decided the house is hers, FBI agents are sniffing around, and there are some very eligible men in town.
I had a ball listening to this! I'll admit that this isn't really any new ground for Mary Kay Andrews, but she does this so well that I just don't care. Old houses/antiques, spunky heroines, and handsome men are a winning combination in her hands.
Dempsey herself is a little whiney at first, but if I'm being honest, I would whine much more if I found myself in a similar situation. And then to go running home to Daddy! I just wanted to tell the girl to grow up. But when she gets to the house and she has to start dealing with contractors and Ella Kate, the mean old lady, and the FBI, she has to learn to stand on her own feet. And she handles it beautifully. I'm pretty sure I was cheering by the end.
Speaking of Ella Kate, she is mean as a rattlesnake. I wanted to reach through my car stereo and smack her around. I am not lying. The things she says and does! At least she was good for a laugh after the initial frustration wore off. She's got her own story too.
And those Berryhill men--I'll take either one, father or son. Carter has all the genuine charm of the Old South and Tee is an enlightened representative of the New. They both know how to treat a woman. And Tee is hot. Not in a let's-get-naked kind of way, although there is a touch of that, but in a let's-have-a-real-relationship kind of way. He's a guy that you want to be around for the long haul, and you know that he's got commitment on his mind too.
The narrator, Isabel Keating, did an amazing job. She resisted the urge to go with a syrupy Southern accent. That's not to say that old Carter doesn't drawl his vowels out, but she kept it to a minimum. Her character voices were great. She covered everything from 4-year-old boys to an ancient old lady and she pulled it off. I was startled the first few times I heard the boys or Ella Kate speak. I would have sworn that someone else was doing their voices. It was almost eerie.
For a fun, romantic read that will keep you smiling (except for when you want to hit someone who is just asking for it), I highly recommend this one.
meme_too2's review against another edition
3.0
Kind of a silly romance, very contrived and predictable. But I liked the description of the fixing of the house.
mfh1979's review against another edition
1.0
White white white white... It reads like a Hallmark movie... I bought this for light summer reading/walking... and light it is.
Glory to the Confederacy, but dislike of country music.
The first chapter was super super awful, and I nearly stopped there, there is a lot of calling people in their 50s old, repeatedly. Sigh. I will most likely delete this when it is finished.
Glory to the Confederacy, but dislike of country music.
The first chapter was super super awful, and I nearly stopped there, there is a lot of calling people in their 50s old, repeatedly. Sigh. I will most likely delete this when it is finished.
shanajade's review against another edition
3.5
I almost quit this multiple times before she finally made it out of DC. But it redeemed itself by the end. Carter and Ella-Kate were my favorite characters, everyone else felt under-developed and bland.
mneill's review against another edition
3.0
A great beach read- fun and easy to get into, but with a predictable ending.
tblossom1's review against another edition
5.0
I loved it! I can't wait to read more from this author!