Kind of a forgettable novella. It was ok. I finished it two days ago and had to reread the description to remember what it was about. Kyler finishes college and is drafted into the NFL, but his excitement is dulled because his high school girlfriend isn’t by his side. Bree dumped Kyler at the end of high school because she didn’t want the spotlight on her, and she needed to stay home to help her father’s veterinary practice. Kyler returns to their hometown to win back Bree. He has to win over her father (which was impressively easy), and convince her to move to LA with him. (6.5)
This was a quirky read. I liked how unexpected things had a voice, like a baseball hat and especially the cat, Pancake, even if Pancake is a harbinger of death. PJ Halliday is lucky enough to win the lottery, but unlucky enough to suffer the worst kind of loss - the death of his teenage daughter. She drowned in a cranberry bog, and PJ’s family fell apart soon after. He drinks to cope, and relies on his (living) daughter, ex-wife, and her steady boyfriend to keep him from completely crumbling. When his estranged brother’s children need a guardian, it’s like a second chance for PJ. He also learns that his high school sweetheart’s husband just died, so he decides to take the kids on a road trip to the Tender Hearts Retirement Center, where she lives, to try to win her heart. His daughter, Sophie, and Pancake join them too. The two kids, Ollie and Luna, are grieving the loss of their parents and getting used to PJ and Sophie as guardians. Luna has her own motive for the road trip - wa...
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