Review: At Fairfield Orchard by Emma Cane
Posted: 06 Sep 2016, 18:01
Rather mediocre.
Synopsis:
“For Amy Fairfield, the family orchard is more than a business. With its blossom-scented air and rows of trees framed by the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, it’s her heritage and her future. But right now, it’s also a headache. Putting a painful breakup behind her, Amy has come home to help revitalize Fairfield Orchard. She doesn’t have time for the handsome—distracting—professor who wants to dig into her family’s history for his research.
Jonathan Gebhart knows he needs the Fairfields’ cooperation to make his new book a success. As for Amy—nothing in his years of academia could have prepared him for their sudden and intense attraction. He doesn’t want to complicate her life further, especially since she seems uneasy about his poking around in the past and he knows he’s not the sort of man built for forever. But some sparks can’t help but grow, and Jonathan and Amy may just learn that unexpected love can be the sweetest of all.”
Rating: Unrated
Thoughts:
It took me relative eons to realise that “rather mediocre” is a rhyme, and a rather terrible one at that. But I actually managed to read (skim) most of this book.
The beginning is actually pretty good. but after maybe 1/4 of the way it starts to get boring. Or less and less interesting.
The style of writing would have fit a non-romance pretty well, but it didn’t really suit this kind of contemporary romance.
Although the book wasn’t terrible by any means, it simply wasn’t exciting or intriguing enough to hold my attention.
At first, I was really excited about the story because I am familiar with the Blue Ridge Mountains and the orchards around there, and the descriptions of the setting made me feel rather at home.
But then I changed my mind – it simply isn’t a very unique story.
Disclaimer: I received a free e-copy of this book from Tasty Book Tours in exchange for an honest review.
Synopsis:
“For Amy Fairfield, the family orchard is more than a business. With its blossom-scented air and rows of trees framed by the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, it’s her heritage and her future. But right now, it’s also a headache. Putting a painful breakup behind her, Amy has come home to help revitalize Fairfield Orchard. She doesn’t have time for the handsome—distracting—professor who wants to dig into her family’s history for his research.
Jonathan Gebhart knows he needs the Fairfields’ cooperation to make his new book a success. As for Amy—nothing in his years of academia could have prepared him for their sudden and intense attraction. He doesn’t want to complicate her life further, especially since she seems uneasy about his poking around in the past and he knows he’s not the sort of man built for forever. But some sparks can’t help but grow, and Jonathan and Amy may just learn that unexpected love can be the sweetest of all.”
Rating: Unrated
Thoughts:
It took me relative eons to realise that “rather mediocre” is a rhyme, and a rather terrible one at that. But I actually managed to read (skim) most of this book.
The beginning is actually pretty good. but after maybe 1/4 of the way it starts to get boring. Or less and less interesting.
The style of writing would have fit a non-romance pretty well, but it didn’t really suit this kind of contemporary romance.
Although the book wasn’t terrible by any means, it simply wasn’t exciting or intriguing enough to hold my attention.
At first, I was really excited about the story because I am familiar with the Blue Ridge Mountains and the orchards around there, and the descriptions of the setting made me feel rather at home.
But then I changed my mind – it simply isn’t a very unique story.
Disclaimer: I received a free e-copy of this book from Tasty Book Tours in exchange for an honest review.