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A review by mishale1
Sunday Potluck Club by Melissa Storm
3.0
This book is about finding happiness and friendship again even when you’re going through the worst time of your life. This group of friends, aka The Sunday Potluck Club, actually Met at the hospital when their parents had cancer. Each one has since lost a parent, except one whose father went into remission. So, they are all gathered at the last funeral as this story begins.
Bridget’s mom has just died but she’s pasted a smile on her face because she said her mom wanted the funeral to be a celebration of her life. All of Bridget’s friends think she isn’t dealing with the death but they have all always agreed that everyone has to grieve in their own way.
They might be a bit surprised by how Bridget finally grieves though. She decides to throw herself into the massive project of adopting out all of the animals at the animal charity before Valentines Day. It’s only a few weeks off, there’s dozens of animals there and she enlists all of her friends to help.
But this is Amy’s story.
Amy’s mom died a few months ago and she’s having a really hard time. She’s about to go back to her job as a teacher after a year spent caregiving and then grieving. She’s feeling empty and sad.
The night before she does back to work she gets into a car accident. She brakes suddenly to keep from hitting a dog and gets rear ended. She tosses the card of the man who hit her and tries to not think of how handsome and sweet he seemed. But their paths cross again the very next day when she meets his day going her class. She is so quiet that Amy is worried about her and sends a note home to her parents. She hears back from Trent and he’s the guy she got into the car accident with.
She decides to help Trent with what his daughter is going through. She finds herself very involved In Trent’s family and is scared that it’s too soon.
All of these characters need each other, and so do all the dogs and cats involved. They’re so used to helping everyone else that they can’t see when they’re putting themselves last.
There’s also some fear of getting too close and losing someone again.
I enjoyed this story. I thought it was sweet and I liked the characters most of the time :) I would have liked more talk of the food since it’s a Potluck Club for goodness sakes lol what did they cook? Tell me about it lol
I won an early copy of this book from Kensington Press. I also have an early edition ebook of the next book in this series that I received from NetGalley. I look forward to continuing to get to know these characters and what’s in store for them.
Bridget’s mom has just died but she’s pasted a smile on her face because she said her mom wanted the funeral to be a celebration of her life. All of Bridget’s friends think she isn’t dealing with the death but they have all always agreed that everyone has to grieve in their own way.
They might be a bit surprised by how Bridget finally grieves though. She decides to throw herself into the massive project of adopting out all of the animals at the animal charity before Valentines Day. It’s only a few weeks off, there’s dozens of animals there and she enlists all of her friends to help.
But this is Amy’s story.
Amy’s mom died a few months ago and she’s having a really hard time. She’s about to go back to her job as a teacher after a year spent caregiving and then grieving. She’s feeling empty and sad.
The night before she does back to work she gets into a car accident. She brakes suddenly to keep from hitting a dog and gets rear ended. She tosses the card of the man who hit her and tries to not think of how handsome and sweet he seemed. But their paths cross again the very next day when she meets his day going her class. She is so quiet that Amy is worried about her and sends a note home to her parents. She hears back from Trent and he’s the guy she got into the car accident with.
She decides to help Trent with what his daughter is going through. She finds herself very involved In Trent’s family and is scared that it’s too soon.
All of these characters need each other, and so do all the dogs and cats involved. They’re so used to helping everyone else that they can’t see when they’re putting themselves last.
There’s also some fear of getting too close and losing someone again.
I enjoyed this story. I thought it was sweet and I liked the characters most of the time :) I would have liked more talk of the food since it’s a Potluck Club for goodness sakes lol what did they cook? Tell me about it lol
I won an early copy of this book from Kensington Press. I also have an early edition ebook of the next book in this series that I received from NetGalley. I look forward to continuing to get to know these characters and what’s in store for them.