Family Trees

I hate to give a debut author a negative review, but Ms. March definitely needed an editor, both to cut a lot of unnecessary verbiage and to give her guidance on her characters. Shelby is a total Mary Sue - beautiful, hard-working, loving, smart, genuine, loves kids and animals, etc. etc. Her grandparents are saintly and her best friend is suitably sassy. And of course Ryan is perfect too except for the fact that he keeps one little secret (oops, he forgot to tell Shelby he is rich and famous). With more information than I ever wanted to know about Lake Superior and details about minor characters who appeared once and then never again, the book was easy to skim. Maybe the sequel will be an improvement.