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Blossom Street Brides (Blossom Street, Bk 10) (Large Print)
Blossom Street Brides - Blossom Street, Bk 10 - Large Print Author:Debbie Macomber Debbie Macomber has won the hearts of millions of readers with her moving and inspiring stories. Now wedding bells are ringing in the tight-knit community that gathers around A Good Yarn, a store in a pretty Seattle neighborhood. Knitters come to the store to buy yarn and patterns but somehow they leave richer in friendship and love. — Lauren Ell... more »iott has waited years for her long-term boyfriend, Todd, to propose, yet he seems more focused on his career than their relationship. When Lauren learns that her younger sister is pregnant before she herself even has an engagement ring, she feels overjoyed yet disheartened. Knowing she can’t put her future on hold, Lauren prepares to make a bold choice—one that leads her to a man she never dreamed she’d meet.
Newly married to her second husband, Max, Bethanne Scranton is blissfully in love. But with Max’s job in California and Bethanne’s in Seattle, their long-distance marriage is becoming difficult to maintain. To complicate matters, Bethanne’s cunning ex will do anything to win her back.
Lydia Goetz, too, is wonderfully happy with her husband, Brad, though lately she worries about the future of A Good Yarn. As she considers how to bring in business, she discovers that someone has beaten her to the punch. Baskets of yarn are mysteriously popping up all over town, with instructions to knit a scarf for charity and bring it into Lydia’s store. Never before has her shop received so much attention, but who hatched this brilliant plan?
As three women’s lives intersect in unexpected ways, Lydia, Lauren, and Bethanne realize that love heals every heart, and the best surprises still lay ahead.« less
Perhaps I enjoyed this book more than the other reviewer as I had already read all the other Blossom Street books and was familiar with the characters and their individual stories. While some of Rooster and Lauren's story might seem far-fetched, this is not supposed to be drama, but light-hearted romance, and I found it great fun and enchanting. I look forward to following up on their marriage in later books as I enjoyed their story and didn't want it to end!
Bland and predictable, this book reads like a G rated soap opera. Focusing on the contrived trials and tribulations of the denizens of a homey Seattle neighborhood, the story holds no surprises. The mismatched couple breaks up over a fairly ridiculous misunderstanding; the jilted homemaker turned businesswoman loves her second husband while fending off her philandering ex and dealing with her petulant daughter and devoted son. It has a dated feel where unplanned pregnancies and quickie weddings abound. The center of social activity is a floundering yarn shop which is the beneficiary of a mysterious knitting campaign. The owner must deal with her traumatized adopted daughter and infirm mother. Of course, it all ends happily ever after with sweetness and light.
I enjoyed this book! I'm a fan of the Blossom Street series, and I think this story is a great edition to the series. The story of Rooster and Lauren is really sweet. It shows that "opposites can attract" sometimes.
Carey B. (blinkin444) reviewed Blossom Street Brides (Blossom Street, Bk 10) (Large Print) on
I just finished an ARC I received for free from Goodreads First Reads. This is the first Blossom Street book I read, but not the first Debbie Macomber. I thoroughly enjoyed the Cedar Cove series, and expected this one to be a winner as well. As with the CC books, other characters from previous books stop on by and weave their way in and out of the story, so it isn't necessary to read the other Blossom Street books before this one. I enjoyed this book as I have her others, though Lauren and Rooster's story seemed far-fetched at times. The characters were enjoyable and this was a quick yet sweet read. I have no doubt I'll be reading the other Blossom Street books very soon.
