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Being Neighborly: A Novella (2000)

by Carey Heywood(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 2

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review 1: I feel like there was too much introduced in this novella to be resolved in the 60 pages we were given. Things started out pretty well, but as the page numbers got higher, the plot progressed at too rapid a pace, as though the author remembered that this was supposed to be a novella and nothing had happened yet. Beau gets bit by a snake and has an allergic reaction! Now he's in the hospital! Now he's out of the hospital, but he has a limp! Now his accident reminds Bethany of the fiance she never mentioned who died! Now Beau is pushing her away for some reason! Now he finds out about the fiance and feels like an ass! Everything was wrapped up too quickly and too neatly.Also we never learn that much about the characters. I know Beau was introduced in a previous book, so this... more can be forgiven on his part, but the little we learn about Bethany is given via an information dump when she's invited over for dinner.Perhaps I'm expecting too much from a novella. It was a cute, quick read.
review 2: What a great romantic novella by Carey Heywood. The story of farm boy, Beau and his new neighbor, city girl, Bethany. With both of them having difficulties in their past relationships, neither one is sure of a relationship, but there is such a chemistry between them. I could actually see a couple other books written from this story, maybe prequels from the parents POV and Bethany's POV. But absolutely love reading romance from the male POV. Yes, I will admit that this is the first time I have read anything by Carey Heywood (Now picture my head hanging in shame.) But this is just the beginning. I want to read everything she has ever written now. less

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