Review: Good bones, odd writing style choices
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 16, 2014
The good: I loved the setting, she did a great job writing about Magnolia Bay. I also liked the main characters individually, and liked them as a couple. (Which is something I struggle with in contemporaries)The B&B; idea was also well thought out, and her lawyer background seemed real. The golf aspect was a new twist for me. I'm not into golf, but she did a great job making it seem sexy!  I also enjoyed the Jane Porter mentions, a nice nod to her and her fans.The bad: It was impossible to keep the secondary characters straight, too many of them and they blurred together. There is a lot of drinking in this book. I think it was an over used plot detail. She was either drinking, drunk, or hungover in almost every chapter. Different alcoholic beverages are mentioned by name throughout the book, and it started to bug me halfway through.  I also had a hard time adjusting to the author's choices of writing style. She used first person for Darcy and third person for Trent. It was jarring, and weird in places.Overall: I am enjoying this series a lot.  I will definitely read more Magnolia Bay books. I will try another book by this author to see if her style changes. I gave this 4 stars because the author had a great story idea, and did a lot of it right. I struggled through some of it, but the overall finished product was good and what bothered me might not matter to most readers.