Valerie S. (VolunteerVal) - reviewed on 9/28/2017 + 646 more book reviews

I was reluctant to read this book because I'd had it so long (have my reading tastes changed? will the writing style of a 10-year-old book still appeal to me?) and because it was part of a Women of Faith "endorsed" series (would it be too "preachy" or "happily ever after"?). I was pleasantly surprised to discover a well-crafted novel with developed characters for whom their faith is a natural aspect of their complicated lives.

In the novel, we meet four women, Ray, Sis, Hilda, and Kitty B, in the middle of their lives who have been close friends since their teens. They are the go-to ladies in their very Southern town who coordinate the weddings and other important social functions, having inherited this duty/privilege from their mothers' generation. I felt immersed in the South Carolina lowcountry setting in a pleasant way. My only criticism - so many characters was sometimes distracting; it was challenging to track spouses, children, and other members of the community. This novel reads like literary fiction (my favorite genre) and I'm eager to read the other books by this author on my TBR shelves.

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