Honey Pie

Honey Pie - Donna Kauffman This review will also be posted on my blog: Musing About Books. There will probably be a link to that soon. However, I really wanted to get my thoughts down the book.

Okay, let's start with the good:

The Good: Alright, I'll be honest. I liked this book. It is one of those "Southern Charm" books. The main female character kind of comes down to relocate and basically the plan that she originally had is pretty much obliterated as soon as she steps into Sugarberry. This obviously wasn't something that I liked, but I felt there needed to be a bit more background. In any case, this book is light in the sense that the tone of it is light. It doesn't really get into darker themes, despite the fact that the heroine is psychic and has psychic visions. It just kind of stays sort of lightly tones. And if you've just read a gut-wrenching book(or you're about to read a gut-wrenching book), this is probably one of the books that I'd consider a good precursor or follow-up. One of those type of things. It's very sweet and you care about the characters. You want to see them together. I did think it was a little nice to see an "oddly dressed" heroine(you'll see what I mean), or not the typical blonde bombshell, former Bond Girl-type heroine. So, that was a good thing.

The Bad: I guess the only thing was that when it came to the point where the characters were like "I really don't know if I can be with you. I want to.", you know, that part, the reason for not being together didn't seem legitimate to me. Granted, the heroine is psychic, and usually saw the bad things that happened to people, but there is a change that happens. (I'm trying not to give too much away). So, given that change, the whole "fight-break up-and-get-back-together" part of it was slightly there. It didn't leave begging the characters to get back together. (Honestly, it took me a minute to figure they even broke up).

The "Meh": All in all it was a pretty good read. I did enjoy it. I'd say pick it, especially if you like Chick Lit, Contemporary Romance, and the other books in the series. It was fun, it was light, and it honestly didn't rip my heart out. So, I think those are some pretty good things.


Rating: 4 stars out of 5


Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.