Christine R. (forgotmyline) reviewed on 12/1/2013

So Kristan Higgins... Mostly I like her stuff, but sometimes there's enough that I dislike to color how much I enjoy the parts I do like, I think. Like, in the first Blue Heron book, I was super turned off by the whole thing with Mr. Holland's transgender date, and the author's treatment of the situation. In this book, it was definitely Honor's use of slutty for pretty much everything - it came across as pretty judgmental. I also just plain didn't care for Honor all that much. She felt pretty much just like every other Higgins heroine (she should totally try writing a female main character who hasn't had the worst relationship luck ever in the universe, and maybe has had at least one normal relationship in her past. They start to blend together after awhile). Tom was mostly ok, when he wasn't being an asshole, or trying to drink his problems away. So it's kind of difficult to like a romance novel all that much when you don't really care about the main characters.

I did like some of the secondary characters and subplots though. I really liked everything with Charlie. It was really heartbreaking, and I loved that Tom stepped in and tried to be a good influence for him. I like Goggy and Pops a lot - they remind me of my Nana and Papa. I like the setting (the winery, more than the town. I thought the little bits about wine and wine making were interesting). I thought Mr. Holland's romance was sweet, and I liked that he found someone.

Despite my issues with this book, I'll most likely read the next one (it looks like it's about Colleen, one of the secondary characters that I like a lot)

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