Sunday, July 26, 2015

Summer at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs

Title:  Summer at Willow Lake
Series:  Lakeshore Chronicles #1
Author:  Susan Wiggs
Publication Date:  August 1/06 by Mira Books
Length:  534pgs
Genre:  contemporary romance
Shelf:  own
Rating: ★★★★

Back Cover Blurb:

Olivia Bellamy has traded her trendy Manhattan life for a summer renovating her family's crumbling holiday resort. Tempted by the hazy, nostalgic memories of summers past - childhood innocence and the romance and rivalries of her teens - it's the perfect place to flee after her broken engagement. But what began as an escape may just be a new beginning...As Olivia uncovers secrets buried thick with dust, one by one her family return, their lives as frayed at the edges as the resort.

My Review:

Wiggs has created a picturesque and uniquely inviting novel that draws you into the Catskills, allowing you to vacation alongside the characters. Intricate descriptions bring everyday events to life in such a way that I felt as if I were there. The plot of the tale had me intrigued, and the development definitely did it justice.

The multiple steps back into the characters’ pasts, showing how they came to be who they are today, was both informative and completely entertaining. Wiggs gives a complete picture of who each of the characters are, and how their lives intersect one another. Knowing Olivia & Connor’s pasts helps understand how they interact with one another today. Their individuality yet need to prove themselves to overcome their pasts comes about in very different ways, yet holds them together as well. Wiggs not only creates the type of characters that you love getting to know throughout a novel, but the type of characters that you are dying to follow through an entire series. I can’t wait to see Daisy & Max grow up, and I love knowing that we’ll get to see more of Greg and Freddy and Dare.

Wigg’s first novel in her Lakeshore Chronicles launches a series I definitely can’t wait to continue following. This novel captured me heart and soul, introducing me to a world I will be revisiting time & time again.

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