A review by elemenoreed
Reunion by Karen Kingsbury

3.0

First of all, I feel like I must leave a warning that this book is very depressing and kind of a struggle to get through. Also, I think the introduction of the Dayne Matthews character was not very well done. I know that the author needed a segue into another series with a character that the reader would presumably feel attached to, but I think that his storyline was pretty much the most boring part of this book and I found myself not really caring too much what became of him (however, I have the first book of his series on my shelf for some reason, so I'll give it a go...). I think that his arrival in the narrative is completely abrupt and not very well executed because from the moment he came on the scene and we find out a bit of his story, I knew this was something of a shameless plug for a next novel. There are some loose ends that aren't really tied up. I got the impression from the author's afterword that the Baxter family wouldn't figure largely in the next series, so I will hope that if they ever do crop up, we'll be able to find out if Hayley makes a full recovery and anything more about what happens to Candy and Erin's kids. The trial for Kari's husband's murderer is brought up, but never was a conclusion reached...sigh. I feel like I want to stop here, but since I have the next book, I will soldier on.