Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Smitten Review

Four friends trying to save their small town by turning it into a romantic resort. Sounds a little crazy, but I was excited to dive in and see what this story would look like!

Being a Kristin Billerbeck fan, I was super excited to read Smitten. As usual, Kristin did not disappoint.  I was also equally impressed with Colleen Coble, Diann Hunt & Denise Hunter. I honestly appreciated that the short stories intertwined so well. I felt like none of the authors overshadowed another, but their talent only helped to strengthen the others. They're all very different, but that share common threads in their writing.  I was impressed with how well they work together.


I thought the story line was cute and it was a fun and enjoyable read. Being from a small town, where I watched our furniture industry move overseas, it was kind of a neat experience to think of what it might have been like if someone would have taken our town and drove it in a different direction, rather than it dying, maybe it would have thrived. It was interesting to see the similarities in how people reacted to the idea of a romantic resort verses how people in my own town would react to our focus becoming anything but furniture.


I thought it was well written, fun and an easy read! Four stars from me.