Review: Hoornstra has another winner on her hands!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 1, 2013
To Be Or Not was my first read in the Class of 85 series. Each book is a stand-alone addition with a common thread--their upcoming 25th class reunion.The hero is Barry Carlson. He left town to become a star athlete and only returned after an injury ended his pro baseball career. Returning to his small hometown gave him a new opportunity, however, to take care of some unfinished business with heroine Amanda Marsh.This work has a pleasant,  fast-flowing narrative, with lifelike characters who have real problems and hangups.  Hoornstra blows stereotypes out of the water. Though not  a very long novel, the subplot  of a young rookie accused of sexually asaulting the love of his life ads enough drama and confusion to heighten the tension. A sensitive subject is handled in a realistic and tasteful way, with both subjects over the age of consent.