My Rating for The View from Alameda Island: 3 Stars
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For Lauren Delaney, people assume her life is magical and
perfect. She had the perfect life with a solid career, a great marriage and two
daughters who she is so proud of. But for Lauren, her life isn’t perfect and on
her twenty-fourth wedding anniversary, she makes a decision that will change
everything in her life. Now on a path of her choosing, away from the
controlling husband that mistreated her throughout her marriage, she finds the
strength to move forward into a life of her choosing. She meets a man who is
her kindred spirit and is also going through a similar ending of an unhappy
marriage. Even as Lauren enjoys her new life she has made; darkness is on the
horizon. Her soon to be ex-husband is determined that he get his perfect life
back…at any cost.
THE
VIEW FROM ALAMEDA ISLAND is Robyn Carr’s latest standalone novel
and it was good but not, in my opinion, a great read. It might have been the
mood I was in when I read it, but I couldn’t connect with Lauren right away and
it took till chapter four for me to enjoy her journey and the rest of the book.
The author does a great job in capturing Lauren’s journey to her new life as
well as her relationship with her family, friends old and new and a new love
interest. Ms. Carr delivers a solid story that will keep you interested until
the very end as well as well root for Lauren to get her very own happy ever
after in any way she can. What I loved after I got into the story and Lauren’s
journey was how the author wrote Lauren’s relationship to Beau in such a
believable way. Friends who are fed up with their spouses, someone that knows
what they are feeling and going through with the demise of their marriages and
someone to support what they are going through as well. Ms. Carr did a really good job in writing how
their friendship slowly evolved over time and turned over to romance. I really
enjoyed Beau and Lauren together. Their friendship seemed so natural and the
romance that came naturally for them.
THE
VIEW FROM ALAMEDA ISLAND is a bit darker than her past books and
deals with mental, physical and emotional abuse so if those are your triggers
than you might not enjoy this one as much. I really thought the author did a
great job in capturing Lauren’s journey and the secondary characters where a
wide range of personalities that gave the story some great moments. If you
enjoy Ms. Carr’s past books then try her new one today and enjoy a darker story
that is filled with hope, love in all its forms and a woman’s journey to the
person she is meant to be. I look forward to seeing where Ms. Carr goes next
for her readers to enjoy.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement
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