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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Despite their flaws, I loved these characters (except Mick and Elise)... I really didn't want this book to end - I enjoyed every minute of it!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Miscarriage
3.5 rounded up. I mostly really liked this book and the characters. It was a little discombobulated and honestly probably could have been longer to tell a fuller story/more character development
More like 2.5 stars sadly. I liked the core family plot line but it felt like it was mostly fluff and the story kept going in circles.
Loveable characters:
No
It was going fine, not great, not good, but the second half of the book kind of killed it for me. Switching points of view was unnecessary and didn't add anything to the plot. The ending from Elise's POV only confused me more.
“This was the beginning of a life Marley was building, all her own. She’d told her mother nine years earlier that what she dreamed of for herself was someone to love, but she’d cast too narrow a vision. Her days were abundant with all that she loved, and the only thing left to do now was to claim it. Claim her home, claim her work, claim her people, claim herself—with her own voice, as loud as she wanted.”
Amy Jo Burns, Mercury
It’s 1990 as Marley West and her mother arrive in the blue collar town of Mercury, PA. Marley is 17 and already used to taking care of herself while her mother works long hours as a nurse. Marley soon meets the Joseph’s, a dysfunctional family with 3 boys all expected to work for the family business, Joseph & Sons roofing, they think she needs them but they need her more. She quickly finds herself apart of their family, married to one, the heartbreak of another and the step in mother to the youngest. As their roofing business begins to fail it is Marley who steps up to manage the Joseph boys and their egos. Their family is tested again years later, when a body is found in a church attic and threatens to bring all that they’ve buried in their past to light. All of the Joseph’s have their secrets, will it bring them together or tear them apart?
Drop everything in your TBR for this tour de force, you won’t regret it I promise! This literary fiction reads like a mystery and love story and everything in between. You will find yourself immersed in this story, it pulls you in and doesn’t let go. Exploring the dynamics of a family that keeps secrets from each other and for each other, your moral compass will be tested. I found myself completely in love with the Joseph’s, Marley and her best friend Jade and yet completely frustrated with them along the way. So many unexpected twists and turns that will leave you reeling long after you finish this book. 5 beautiful stars to the book that just shatter my heart and put it back together.
Amy Jo Burns, Mercury
It’s 1990 as Marley West and her mother arrive in the blue collar town of Mercury, PA. Marley is 17 and already used to taking care of herself while her mother works long hours as a nurse. Marley soon meets the Joseph’s, a dysfunctional family with 3 boys all expected to work for the family business, Joseph & Sons roofing, they think she needs them but they need her more. She quickly finds herself apart of their family, married to one, the heartbreak of another and the step in mother to the youngest. As their roofing business begins to fail it is Marley who steps up to manage the Joseph boys and their egos. Their family is tested again years later, when a body is found in a church attic and threatens to bring all that they’ve buried in their past to light. All of the Joseph’s have their secrets, will it bring them together or tear them apart?
Drop everything in your TBR for this tour de force, you won’t regret it I promise! This literary fiction reads like a mystery and love story and everything in between. You will find yourself immersed in this story, it pulls you in and doesn’t let go. Exploring the dynamics of a family that keeps secrets from each other and for each other, your moral compass will be tested. I found myself completely in love with the Joseph’s, Marley and her best friend Jade and yet completely frustrated with them along the way. So many unexpected twists and turns that will leave you reeling long after you finish this book. 5 beautiful stars to the book that just shatter my heart and put it back together.
challenging
emotional
medium-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
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, War
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced