The Lemon Sisters by Jill Shalvis is now available!
The New York Times bestselling author of Rainy Day Friends and Lost and Found Sisters returns to Wildstone, California, where two completely opposite sisters—who are still nursing wounds from the past—realize they need each other more than they think.
When Brooke’s older sister, Mindy, shows up at her door with her three kids in tow, she barely recognizes her sibling who looks like she’s on the verge of a total breakdown. While adventurous, wanderlust Brooke was always the problem child, eager to slip free of Wildstone and its small-town constraints, Mindy was the golden child, who never had a hair out of place or a GPA below 4.0. The Mindy that arrives at Brooke’s apartment however, is a far cry from the ever-perfect doctor’s wife.
Brooke’s further stunned when Mindy asks to trade places with her for a few days so she can pick up her pieces and put herself back together. What Mindy doesn’t realize is that Brooke is just as broken. Her sister needs her though, so Brooke takes the kids and returns to Wildstone.
But how does one go home after seven years away and what feels like a lifetime of secrets? It doesn’t take long for Brooke to come face-to-face with her past, in the form of one tall, dark, sexy mistake. But Garrett’s no longer interested, or so he says. Only his words don’t match his actions, leaving Brooke feeling things she long ago shoved deep.
The sisters begin to wonder if the childhood taunts were true, are they lemons in life? In love? True or not, they know one thing—you can’t run far enough to outpace your demons. And when long-dead secrets surface, they’ll have to overcome their differences and learn that sometimes the one person who can help you the most is the one you never thought to ask.
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REVIEW:
3.5 stars
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This was a pretty good book, while it was not my favorite by Ms. Shalvis. I think The Lemon Sisters is technically supposed to be in the women's fiction genre. It is the first book I have read in this series, because I prefer to read only romance, but I wanted to give this book a try. I enjoyed it and am glad I read it. I do think it was a romance, or at least had strong romantic elements, but it had a totally different writing style than Ms. Shalvis's contemporary romance books and I think that is what sets it apart.
The Lemon Sisters is the story of sisters Mindy and Brooke Lemon. They are both busy women with a lot going on in their lives. Mindy is married to her high school sweetheart with three kids and she still lives in their small hometown. Mindy lives in LA working for an adventure tv show. When Mindy has a breakdown, questioning her husband's fidelity, her ability to do it all, work and be supermom, she lands on Brooke's doorstep. Brooke takes the three kids and goes back to her hometown for the first time in years to take care of them and give Mindy a break and time to work through her issues. While there, she must confront her own demons from the past and the man she ran from years before. Mindy and Brooke go through some heartache as they find themselves and find the lives they were meant to be living.
While I enjoyed this book, I found the storytelling to be kind of meandering and a little slow at times. The characters were very real feeling but also frustrating at times. They both went back and forth too much over what they wanted. I wanted to shake them at times so they would see what a good life they had right in front of them.
Also, I didn't love the fact that Brooke's man, Garrett, who she secretly had a relationship in high school, was Mindy's best friend. Mindy had a crush on him in the present, as a married woman. She didn't know about Brooke and Garrett's history, and when she found out, she was mad and jealous, as she thought of him a hers'. While I knew Mindy loved her husband, this whole situation with Garrett felt too close to home and a little inappropriate. It made me like Mindy a little less as it seemed selfish of her to want Garrett to herself.
But I did like this story a good bit. It was relatable that Mindy would be exhausted and frustrated with her life as a working mom with a workaholic husband and three wild kids. The same with Brooke's past heartache and her struggle with loneliness and the realization that she still deserves happiness if she would only take the risk. I really did like Mindy and her husband together, along with their crazy life with their little family. I especially liked Brooke and Garrett. They were sweet and sexy with each other and they really deserved happiness together. I enjoyed seeing both of the Lemon sisters get their problems worked out and find the happy lives they deserved.
Overall, The Lemon Sisters was a pretty good read. Now that I know what to expect from this series and this genre from Ms. Shalvis, I will go back and read the others. I look forward to reading more from her in the future!
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