Monday, January 24, 2022

Summerhaven by Tiffany Odekirk - ADVISABLE

Summerhaven by Tiffany Odekirk, 272 pages. Covenant Communications, 2022. $17.

Language: G (0 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG; Violence: G

BUYING ADVISORY: HS - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Hannah is thrilled to receive an invitation to Summerhaven, the home of her late mother’s friend and her best childhood memories. Sure that the invitation means that her friend Ollie is finally ready to marry her, Hannah spends the carriage ride imagining the man he must have become and the happy future they are sure to have together. The first disappointment comes when Damon is the brother to greet her instead of Ollie, and the brothers’ actions only get more confusing.

Watching Hannah, Ollie, and Damon trip over themselves to try to keep up with their feelings was agonizing. While I was worried about the characters being wishy-washy and inconsistent, most of the time their actions felt real as they struggled to understand their own emotions and desires. They were just trying to do what they thought was best, and they kept getting in each other’s – and even in their own – way. 

Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen

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