A review by jenniferlyoung
The Violets of March by Sarah Jio

2.0

This had potential, but essentially it runs through all the classic cliches. Emily gets a divorce and runs away to her childhood summer home--with her Aunt Bee. Within about two days, Emily has two men pining for her: Greg, the old summer fling, and Jack, the new dark & mysterious hunk who lives down the beach. She agrees to dates with both of them... immediately. Emily finds a secret diary and discovers a deep, dark family secret. That she can't quite figure out from just the diary, so she starts investigating. Everyone wants her to know the secret, except no one will tell her anything. Annoying! There were so many things that annoyed me about this book (Number one being that everyone in the diary was right in front of her face, but of course they all went by different names now?!? And, I'm still trying like heck to figure out how Jack and Emily are not related), but it wasn't all bad. The writing was decent, and like I said, the plot had potential. I guess I've read too much Kate Morton and I'm spoiled.

Would I recommend it? Maybe... if you are looking for a quick beach or airplane read, this might be for you.