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A Field Of Poppies (2012)

by Sharon Sala(Favorite Author)

4.12 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Sharon Sala Books

review 1: On a cold, rainy day, the hospital calls Poppy and informs her that her mother has passed away. Poppy has barely digested this news, when two policemen knock on her door. They tell her that her father's body has just been pulled from the river. At this point, I was hyped at the possibilities. Unfortunately, the story went downhill from there. There were just too many improbable situations, one after the other. It seemed like the author could not decide on a genre. I did enjoy the way she fleshed out the relationship between Mike and Poppy. I found Poppy to be a believable, interesting protagonist. However, one minute I thought I was reading a good mystery, then a romance, then inspirational fiction, and none of them quite took control. I enjoy her writing, but could not re... morecommend this Sharon Salsa.
review 2: This is the first book of this author's that I have read and from other reviews, I understand that it is different from her usual genre. This book seems to have a bit of everything: murder, crazy homeless people, illicit affairs, long buried family secrets, haves and have-nots separated by a river into two sides of a city, loss, illnesses, death, and redemption. Though at times the story was very moving, and at other times shocking, I found it hard to suspend my inner cynic. The plot seemed so improbable and almost too tangled for me to believe it. The author seems to put her main characters through terrible trials just to show that they can learn from their suffering and show the reader that the human spirit is resilient. At times the prose seemed almost preachy, and there are many references to God and faith. At other times the characters speak strangely formally. How many siblings address each other as " brother" and "sister" instead of using first names?Overall, I enjoyed mainly the characters of the story and thought that Poppy and Callie were interesting and feisty young women. Mike and Johnny were great guys but I sometimes found Justin almost too good to be true. The plot of the story tried to include too much for my taste, and ended up with a soap opera feel to it with a Hallmark movie message. It was a solid effort, but didn't do it for me. There are no overt sexual scenes, just kissing, in this book, but there are references to sex and to affairs,etc..,there is some mild profanity and some violence. 3 1/2 starsHeat factor moderate. less

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