A review by grisette_books
Back in the Country by Alexandra Hale

3.0

3 stars

This book was nicely written and it nailed the atmosphere of small, Southern, rural American towns, at least those that are so sweet and welcoming in fiction. However, I do think that the blurb is a bit misleading. I would not qualify the story completely as a romance one, because much of the story telling time was spent on exploring the people around the main characters in the small Tennessee feel-good town (clearly gearing for lots of other books in this series).

It read more like slice of life than romance. There was so little angst between the two leads for 90% of the book that I was quasi yawning. What little angst happening in the last 10% felt fabricated and boring. Esp. since all the mini drama mainly happened because the h, Marlee had a too laid back and slow attitude in having real communications and taking firm decisions (and making them known). I was a bit aghast when she went on her high horse like she had no hand at all in the miscommunications