Review: A Wedding in Maine

A Wedding in Maine by Jen McLaughlin
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I hate to do this, but I'm giving this book just one star and the reason is pure and simple...I couldn't bear to finish it. I very very rarely put a boom away that I haven't finished, I can't actually remember the last time I did it but this one I can't engage with.

I picked it up in the supermarket as I liked the look of it, and it's being marketed as a James Paterson Bookshot which I thought would be a nice book to read in one sitting on World Book Day. However what I didn't realise when I picked it up was that it is not a stand alone book, it is the second part of a story that's already running. I've read books out of sequence before and the true talent with an author is that they are able to retell the story without boring established fans. Sadly, that didn't happen in this book. I got to page 43 of a 134 page book and I was still non the wiser as to who Richard was, or the cartel or why her dad was in prison, and so with a heavy heart, I decided to ditch it and move onto the next book on my ever expanding to be read list.

I am sure the "McCullagh Inn" stories are really good, but my advice is to read them in order because you'll find it hard to pick up from the second story in.

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