Review: I wanted to like it more
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2012
I appreciated the author's attempts to craft the characters with a "green sense" and to fit into their Berkley community, but there were a few too many characters brought in that could have been left out or just mentioned as a "group" rather than developing them sparsely.  I wonder if taking this story, and making it into two (since there were points at which it would separate nicely ) wasn't the original intention and it was scrapped for a single installment.The premise is great, and I loved that there was heart and activism making a difference throughout. What I did miss was a tighter crafting of the three 'key' characters of Lucy, Jonas and the Grandmother. They all tend to look scattered, if well intentioned, so it was harder to relate to any of the characters individually. I can appreciate the difficulty in creating a story that moves forward and still manages to get the driving plot points incorporated and written.  And this certainly was a story and idea worth telling. It was enjoyable to read, and I will look for others by Kay Keppler since her point of view is refreshing and amusing.