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A review by clairetrellahill
Must Love Flowers by Debbie Macomber
4.0
I think maybe this is my first Debbie Macomber novel? I think I read her book on writing a few years ago but this was my first novel of hers. Funny because my mom loves her. It was a nice read!
Set post-pandemic, Joan is a widow who has never dealt with the grief over her husband’s death and Maggie is a young girl trying to put herself through college while dealing with a father who will not get help with his alcoholism. She decides the only way forward is to move out at the same time Joan decides she must come back to the land of the living and takes in a boarder. The two women support each other and take an interest in the new landscaper and Joan’s adult son Nick.
This book was very nice and sweet and the pacing carried me through it pretty quickly. The only drawback for me was that Nick would seem like such a negative Nancy with no prompting. He comes in very strong about not wanting his mom to have a boarder, and he and Maggie have issues before he turns it around and is interested in her. And then he does it again when he makes snap judgments about her father towards the end! (Joan, who raised this boy??) it put me out of patience with him. The rest of the characters were lovely. The end was a little too optimistic IMO but for a feel good cozy novel it was probably warranted.
Altogether I would rate this 3.5 stars (and will probably buy it for my mom)
Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for this ARC copy. This is my honest review.
Set post-pandemic, Joan is a widow who has never dealt with the grief over her husband’s death and Maggie is a young girl trying to put herself through college while dealing with a father who will not get help with his alcoholism. She decides the only way forward is to move out at the same time Joan decides she must come back to the land of the living and takes in a boarder. The two women support each other and take an interest in the new landscaper and Joan’s adult son Nick.
This book was very nice and sweet and the pacing carried me through it pretty quickly. The only drawback for me was that Nick would seem like such a negative Nancy with no prompting. He comes in very strong about not wanting his mom to have a boarder, and he and Maggie have issues before he turns it around and is interested in her. And then he does it again when he makes snap judgments about her father towards the end! (Joan, who raised this boy??) it put me out of patience with him. The rest of the characters were lovely. The end was a little too optimistic IMO but for a feel good cozy novel it was probably warranted.
Altogether I would rate this 3.5 stars (and will probably buy it for my mom)
Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for this ARC copy. This is my honest review.