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Shore Lights (2012)

by Barbara Bretton(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Free Spirit Press

series

Paradise Point

review 1: The constant harping on how a child needs two parents in order to survive was a little tiresome. I wasn't invested at all in the Tom's relation to Maddy or Hannah's lives. Honestly, sitting at 50% (and all the way through to the end, somewhat), Maddy's relationship with Rose is strikingly familiar (except I didn't wait until graduation to leave my mother's house, and I didn't move 3,000 miles away until I was in my late 20's, and I will never, ever, ever move back in with my mother), and I had a hard time relating to how Maddy acted. I also had a hard time feeling sorry for Rose, but I know that's more my upbringing than the writing. But, at any rat, it's fiction, and while it didn't strike any positive or resounding emotional chords in me, it was an enjoyable read. The wr... moreiting was good.Also, the thing with Irene at the end... It kind of lost me. I wanted it to be more, or less, or just something profound. Maybe more details? A more specific connection? I was intrigued but not satisfied by the outcome.
review 2: I liked this book but I didn't love it. This book follows the character of Maddie who is a single mother of a young girl, Hannah. After finding herself alone and jobless with no prospects, she decides to move back home and help her mother run her business. Her mother, Rose, runs a small B&B in a small beach town in New Jersey. Maddie and her mother have never seen eye to eye as Rose is a realist who believes you must not support or condone wishes or fantasy or magic. Maddie grew up with many of her wishes and dreams discouraged with a good deal of criticism. When Maddie returns home, she hopes to shield Hannah who already has a tough go with her father leaving. She wants her daughter to believe there is magic in the world and encourages her dreams and wishes. Also upon returning to this small town, she runs into Aiden, an old acquaintance from high school. They both connect over an old antique that Maddie won at an auction for her daughter. It resembles Aladdin's magic lamp. Although a romance blossoms, it is not the real meat of the story. The book mostly centers around family, love and coming to understand the choices of others. There is not only the back story of Maddie and her family but also of Aiden and his family.I found myself bored through parts of this book as I didn't quite connect to the back story of Aiden's great grandmother Irene. What really saved this book for me was the relationship between Maddie and her mother Rose. Each had scars that needed healing that only eachother could provide. This relationship was absolutely beautiful. This is the only reason why I couldn't give it less than 3 stars. I do recommend this book as it is beautiful. less

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