Let me start by saying this story only got 4 stars because of the ending.
I listened to book 1 several months ago and loved it. At the time, I wasn’t sure how the author was going to make a book 2 with how the first one ended. Months later, the author was advertising books 2 and 3. “Yes, please!” Overall, I think the series has gotten better as it’s moved along. The characters are great, and Abbie has stuck out to me as a being one of my favorite characters. Eric is enjoyable as he’s always trying to do his best for his family yet sometimes makes mistakes. Stories that have a lot of funnies, whether they’re meant to be comedic stories or not, are my favorites.
Like the books, I love the narrator as well. He does a great job and it’s always easy to tell who is talking. I do have to admit when Evette first showed up on their doorstep, when the narrator did her voice, I thought it was a drag queen. That was before it was revealed who the person was.
Questions/Comments:
I was wondering about Eric and all the cooking he did in this book. I don’t remember him being into cooking in book 1 and am curious as to what changed. Yes, he has the allotment where he grows vegetables but still.
“At the minute…” I have never heard this phrase before. “At the moment” is the common version. It’s strange considering at the moment means right now, as at the minute means… right now. Why change it?
I haven’t been a big fan of Suzy. Either she’s overreacting about something minor or she’s asking Eric what he did wrong. I think I said something in my book 1 review about how she seems like she’s just waiting for him to mess up so she can leave him. I was under that impression with book 2 also. The fact that she was blaming Eric for Catrina’s brother coming to the house and destroying parts of it (not telling her about the random phone call he’d received) was too much.
I know a lot of people aren’t fans of cliffhangers because if you want to know what happens, you have to buy the next story. Most of the time, I don’t care. But the cliffhanger with book 2, I felt it was too big of a cliffhanger, if that makes sense. It’s like usually there’s a thread at the end that entices readers to move forward in the series, but it’s not a major necessity. With this ending… let me rephrase that, there isn’t a real ending. You HAVE to read book 3 if you care at all about any of the characters. Thankfully, I had book 3 to find out what happened to Susie.
I received a free audiobook code for this story in exchange for an honest review.