Review: Great historical read about WH tea cup
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2013
Well, I read this in one day and was riveted by the Lincoln WH tea cup scenario. I even looked up the facts and found them to be accurate. I love when fiction has some real aspects that are true to facts. But they really need to be when the author is relating about such things as Lincoln and his Mary Todd's 1861 china set. I also found it interesting when Diane went into detail about why his wife as such a tyrant. That really struck me.I enjoyed the Harley rides and the romance between Noah and Tracey. I liked Noah's character. He was actually a very nice fellow. Her men seem to be a lot nicer than her females. I did not think Buddy Collins was that believable as an ex-pastor with gray ponytail, diamond earring( his ex's ring) and his Harley. I felt that was a bit strange but I am no expert in reviewing books so is just an opinion. All in all, it was entertaining and somewhat inspirational in it's reference to Biblical truths set to modern times. The weird fog scene at the Al Capone restaurant was just that weird! A bit too way out!However, I like Diane's style but I can say that some of her books are better than others such as #2 in her Tea Cup trilogy. I should have given her a four-star on that one and not a five because I thought the main female character was way too caustic to her boss when she was hired by her hometown newspaper. Her boss was way nicer than she was. Which seems to be the case with most of her books. I wonder why that is? Although, they do improve in later chapters.I think what I enjoy the most about her little books is the verbal bantering back and forth of her main characters which gives a real human feel to her characters. Sometimes it is a bit overdone but oh well....it's all in good fun and what I think is most interesting about her books is that Diane is a writer who is writing about a writer who writes books about tea cups willed to her by her Aunt Lucille. Did that make any sense? Sometime it is hard to follow Lucy's UPS driver dating her so I just sort of ignore the endings and move on. So for a light, bright read with iced coffee on a hot AZ day, these are just the ticket!