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verityw 's review for:
Escape to the Country
by Sheila Norton
****Copy from NetGalley in return for an honest review****
So this didn't work for me - the story developments are too abrupt and the characters felt flat to me. But part of that may have been down to the presence of one of my least favourite romance tropes which popped up fairly early on and means that I probably won't be looking for the rest of the serialisation.
I've read so many good serialisations recently that I'd forgotten how hard it can be to balance introducing new characters and setting up a plot with enough drama to for an installment to feel satisfying. Cressida McLauglin does this really well - and so does Cathy Bramley (most of the time) - but this just felt a bit too rushed. Which surprised me as this author has a large back catalogue. Perhaps this is a new thing for her - and the balance will sort itself out in time.
So this didn't work for me - the story developments are too abrupt and the characters felt flat to me. But part of that may have been down to the presence of one of my least favourite romance tropes which popped up fairly early on and means that I probably won't be looking for the rest of the serialisation.
I've read so many good serialisations recently that I'd forgotten how hard it can be to balance introducing new characters and setting up a plot with enough drama to for an installment to feel satisfying. Cressida McLauglin does this really well - and so does Cathy Bramley (most of the time) - but this just felt a bit too rushed. Which surprised me as this author has a large back catalogue. Perhaps this is a new thing for her - and the balance will sort itself out in time.