christi_books 's review for:

Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber
3.0

I am listening to this series on audiobook to fall asleep. It's fluff and doesn't require much thought. It doesn't have a lot of intrigue or action so I'm not tempted to stay awake to find out what happens next. It's perfect for my purposes.

It does bug me that the name of the bed and breakfast changes back and forth. The owner buys a sign that says "Inn at Rose Harbor" but answers her phone "Rose Harbor Inn"

The writing is just meh. The author loves to describe all the minutae of her character's movements such as "I decided to save the salad for my lunch the following afternoon. After covering it with plastic wrap, I set it inside the refrigerator." Can't she just say "I decided to save my salad for lunch tomorrow?

She also has very strange ways of phrasing dialogue that real people would not say that is irritating. Mostly I've noticed it with Annie who is a such a whiny character anyway so perhaps that just goes along with it.