Review: Romance with a twist
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2012
Sprig of Thyme had an unusual plot and some interesting twists in the story that I certainly enjoyed reading. I thought that the way that Joel was forced to betray Adella was very clever since I couldn't figure out how it could come about before I read it. The imagery was very well done and the dialogue was authentic for the time period. I found most of the characters to be very likable and I did care what happened to them.There was one glaring error and that was how Joel's daughter, Sarah, addressed adults by their first names. Joel's best friend, Frederick, would have been referred to as Uncle Frederick and when Adella was introduced, she would have been called Miss Adella or even Miss Maxwell. In addition, the book was filled with grammatical and editorial mistakes that often interrupted the flow of the story.Altogether, I thought Sprig of Thyme was a good love story and if you can ignore the mistakes then I definitely recommend it.