Review: Another exciting adventure in the Lesson series!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2011
A Lesson in Friendship is the fourth installment in Jennifer Connors "Lesson" series.  The series started out in book one by introducing the character Ginny in modern day times.  She seemed hopeless to find a loving relationship.  A friend introduces her to romance novels which Ginny thinks are ridiculous stories that could never happen in real life.  Despite this, she reads the books out of curiosity.  Soon thereafter she is in an accident and is suddenly transported back in time.  The first book covers her foray into a romantic lesson in Scotland.  The second book starts another adventure in learning forgiveness in Regency England.  The third book takes her to the old, wild West to learn a further lesson in love.  In this latest novel, she is back in England facing a new challenge.Each time she moves about, it is a different place, year and circumstances.  Ginny is not in her own body, but assumes the identity of someone else.  Similar to the tv series "Quantum Leap".  The difference being she must live out a romance novel life and fall in love each time with a handsome stranger before being transported again.  She has no one to help her, but does gain the memories of the woman's identity she has taken.  This helps her to take on the role and fulfill her latest quest in learning about love.In A Lesson on Friendship, Ginny has grown tired of her jumps through time.  She truly felt the man she fell in love with in the last book was the one for her.  Having to start over is particularly rough and she resists it, but can't help getting drawn into the story.  There are others that need her help this time.  That gives Ginny more purpose than ever before.  Though you don't feel the romance as much in this book for the main character, you do feel it for the secondary characters.  It was certainly more about Ginny helping her new found friends than about her own life (though that is there too).This latest installment in the Lesson series was fun, adventurous, and enjoyable.  I have truly become a fan and look forward to each novel wondering when Ginny will resume her old life and find her own love.  If you like time travel books, this series may be for you, though I recommend starting from the beginning.  The heroine is smart, funny and daring.  She will get into messes, say the wrong things (due to her modern background), and act out of character for her role at times, but it all adds up to how any of us may react under similar circumstances.The author publishes her books independently, but don't let this deter you from reading the books.  They are well thought out and written.  I admit to spotting a few spelling errors and typos, but they are not frequent and do not detract from the story.  The price of these novels makes it well worth the investment as you will enter a whole new concept in romance that hasn't been done before!