The Pink Bonnet

3.5 stars
The best part of this story is how well it taps into Cecile's heartbreak over losing her little girl. The emotions portrayed in the book are so well done that it added another star; you feel what the characters are feeling. Though it wasn't exactly fun to identify with them because of the pain Cecile is going through, and the angst adoptive mothers Darcy and Gladys face in their private lives, it's well done.

The men in the book (mostly Vance and Griggs) aren't as well developed and honestly it came as a chock to discover late in the book that they had known each other as kids. They get the job done and serve a purpose, but I really didn't feel like I knew either of them super well.

I listened to a library copy audiobook, and the narrator honestly wasn't one of my favorites. She spoke often with a heavy Southern accent but then ignored some traditional Southern pronunciations, which really confused my mind (if you're from the deep South and you don't call bologna “baloney” at all times, are you really Southern?)

There were several places where the plot rather fell apart and I didn't think it was believable all the way through, but it's one of the more enjoyable ones from this series.

Thanks to the publisher for a free reading copy. A favorable review was not required.