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A Season for Second Chances
by Jenny Bayliss
When I saw news of Jenny Bayliss’ new novel and its cover, I was anticipating another cozy, British, Christmastime story. This was all but the latter; it’s not Christmasy at all. Which isn’t a bad thing, just wasn’t what I expected and definitely not how it was advertised.
Story moves kind of slow and I wanted to see Annie find some healing and be able to move on, but she did have some moments that made me shake my head. Many of those are understandable, given her emotional state. Her husband Max was so despiseable and I just wanted him to go away. The community of characters in the town are truly what saved this story for me, albeit with a few unnecessary, and for me, cringey scenes. Content includes some sexual content and a ton of sexual/body parts-related dialogue, infidelity, harsh profanity, with some minor drug and alcohol use.
Due to primarily the content, this one really didn’t do much of anything for me. Now that’s not to say it isn’t without its charms: the townspeople and their community, the development of Annie and John’s relationship, Annie growing more confident in herself and making her own decisions and sticking with them. I wasn’t all that hyped about Jenny’s last book, Twelve Dates of Christmas, but given the choice, I’d rather reread that one over this one. If the unfortunate content wasn’t in there, it would likely get a higher rating from me, and as it is, this rating is half-hearted. No one book impresses everyone.
Story moves kind of slow and I wanted to see Annie find some healing and be able to move on, but she did have some moments that made me shake my head. Many of those are understandable, given her emotional state. Her husband Max was so despiseable and I just wanted him to go away. The community of characters in the town are truly what saved this story for me, albeit with a few unnecessary, and for me, cringey scenes. Content includes some sexual content and a ton of sexual/body parts-related dialogue, infidelity, harsh profanity, with some minor drug and alcohol use.
Due to primarily the content, this one really didn’t do much of anything for me. Now that’s not to say it isn’t without its charms: the townspeople and their community, the development of Annie and John’s relationship, Annie growing more confident in herself and making her own decisions and sticking with them. I wasn’t all that hyped about Jenny’s last book, Twelve Dates of Christmas, but given the choice, I’d rather reread that one over this one. If the unfortunate content wasn’t in there, it would likely get a higher rating from me, and as it is, this rating is half-hearted. No one book impresses everyone.