Book Review

Twice A Bride by Mona Hodgson

Synopsis from Waterbrook Multnomah:

Love lost doesn’t mean love lost forever.
Can unexpected romance deliver a second chance for two deserving widows?

Full of resolve, young widow Willow Peterson decides to pursue her dreams to be an artist as she settles into a new life in the growing mountain town of Cripple Creek.  When she lands a job working as a portrait painter with handsome entrepreneur and photographer Trenton Van Der Veer, the road before Willow seems to be taking a better-than-anticipated turn.

With questions tugging at several hearts in town, including the Sinclair Sisters’ beloved Miss Hattie, change is traveling down the tracks as several unexpected visitors make their way out West.  Will the new arrivals threaten the deep family bonds of the Sinclair sisters and the roots of love that are just taking hold for Willow?

Filled with the resonating questions that all women face, this romance awakens hope against grief, love against loss, and dreams against life’s unexpected turns.

My Thoughts:

I expected to enjoy this book as I have enjoyed the other books in this series, however I just could not get into this one at all. It felt very slow to me, and didn’t flow smoothly. The characters were not developed well and didn’t feel very relatable. It was a very predictable story, which paired with the slow pace just made it a very boring book to read for me.   It felt bogged down with too many minute details; there is a fine balance when it comes to how much detail is provided to paint the scene of a novel and this one simply over-did the details for my preferences. The general premise of second chances and following your dreams is good, but I don’t think that it played out well for this particular book. It is a rather generic plot that has to be handled carefully to keep it interesting.

This book  can be pre-ordered through Waterbrook Multnomah or Barnes & Noble.

You can read an excerpt here: Excerpt from chapter 1

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.