Saturday, February 23, 2013

Every Perfect Gift by Dorothy Love

A little bit of mystery, a little bit of history and a love story.  That is how to describe Every Perfect Gift by Dorothy Love. 

The reader is drawn in by the strong main character, Sophie, who is a woman with a past who comes back to the town she grew up in to bring the newspaper back to life.  Set towards the end of the 19th century, the book is a little look into life in a small town and all of the customs and beliefs of the times.  Sophie was raised in the orphanage in town and decides to return to follow her dream of running her own newspaper.  In the midst of struggles to achieve her dream, she meets and falls in love with a man who has a troubled past of his own.  Throughout the book, numerous incidents leave you wondering exactly what the secrets are and how they will be uncovered.

I found the characters likable, the writing fairly well done and the setting believable but there was something about this book that was a bit predictable.  I suppose most romances are that way but it was pretty obvious as soon as we met the characters what the ending was going to be.  However, even knowing that, the book was written well enough that I kept reading just to go along on the adventure to the inevitable outcome.

If you want something light and easy to read, then this is the book for you.  If you are looking for something with a little more depth or ambiguity, then keep looking.

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