Silver Leaf Falls Series, Book 1, by Meg Easton, Mountain Heights Publishing, August 2021.
* An e-ARC was provided by Booksprout and the author for an honest review.
Coming Home to Silver Leaf Falls by Meg Easton
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
COMING HOME TO SILVER LEAF FALLS by Meg Easton is the first of six novellas in the new SILVER LEAF FALLS SERIES. It features 28-year-old Liz Jenkins, who spent most of her youth in Silver Leaf VT and returns as the new director of Silver Leaf Camp, and 29-year-old Noah Knight, life-long resident and principal of the town’s elementary school. They’ve both failed at love and think HEAs aren’t for them. Liz aims to improve the faltering camp in one year and leave it in great shape, before she runs to another town to take on another failing business. That’s what she does—moves from place to place, never setting down roots, never making strong friendships, always married to her job. Noah feels something’s missing in his life and thinks a move to another school in CT will fill that hole. He’s lived in the small town almost his whole life, got out of a relationship some months before, and thinks he’s out of dating options in Silver Leaf. Since friends are anxious to find dates for both of them and neither wants to go on dates, Liz and Noah decide to fake date each other. But what begins as a ploy to get people off their backs quickly turns into something more.
PROS:
1. Well-written characters who care a lot for friends and families, the town, and the town’s traditions. Liz is great with kids and has innovative ideas for how to improve the camp by integrating activities with the local schools. Noah enjoys his job and is loved by the school kids and their parents. I particularly like his pledge to sleep on the roof of the school to increase students’ reading minutes.
2. The good use of words, like when Noah compares Liz’s personality as “trying to fit a hurricane in a jar.”
3. Issues addressed: feeling worthy of love, difficulty facing fears, what makes a “home”, how to fill holes in your life.
4. The story is well paced with unique ideas, the main characters grow throughout the book, and it’s written in third person, past tense.
CONS:
It’s too short. I would’ve loved to read more about Liz and Noah’s story.
SUMMARY:
COMING HOME TO SILVER LEAF FALLS is a bright start to the new series SILVER LEAF FALLS. The main characters are so caring and fun, that I would’ve loved to have them in my childrens’ lives when they were younger. The town seems like a wonderful place to grow up and someplace I’d like to live. If you like character-driven stories or enjoy an upbeat, sweet romance, this is the perfect book for you.
If You Like This, You May Like:
Other books in the SILVER LEAF FALLS SERIES and the NESTLED HOLLOW ROMANCE SERIES by Meg Easton, FALLING INTO HAPPILY EVER AFTER ROM COM SERIES by Ellie Hall, ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE SERIES by Whitney Dineen, THE WILD WESTS SERIES by Kathy Fawcett, ROMANCING HIS RIVAL and BEAUTY AND THE BRIT by Poppy St. James
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