You're gonna love me

3.5 stars
What a fun return to Thunder Creek! I loved getting to see more of Brooklyn and Derek from the first book but especially seeing more of wise, spunky grandma Ruth. Samantha and Nick are so different from each other, but they're still feeling sparks despite having not seen each other since they broke up three years before.

I loved all the detail about the locations and scenes. Being able to feel like I've seen real scenery instead of just read some incidents in some folks's lives is a bug plus for me as a reader and what bumped this book up from three to four stars. (Good to very good)

It's an easy read, a fast-paced contemporary. Nothing mind blowing...a comfort read. There is some talk of Christianity and a portrayal of how much God has come to mean to Nick, but in the end there isn't a specific sort of spiritual lesson to learn. Definitely not preachy at all.

Content: “heavens” and “for heaven's sakes”

Thanks to the publisher for a free copy. I was not required to leave a positive review.