Official Review: The Hundredth Time Around by Stacy Lee

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This seems like a novel that will really appeal to fans of romance, with tragic characters set against the backdrop of an idyllic beach. Thanks for the great review!

[El_limitless]

Fictional romance novels are my absolute favourite. Interesting storyline here. I'd love to check it out. Great review.

[mrlefty0706]

The Hundredth Time Around is a fictional romance novel by author Stacy Lee. The majority of the story takes place at a beachside cottage in Maine, but the main character, Cassidy Quinn, also spends some time as a newly engaged attorney in Boston. She carries the burden of a traumatic memory, a car accident that tragically took the lives of her parents and grandmother when she was a teenager. As she grows and matures, she makes poignant diary entries that many might relate to: “I can’t remember the last time I was happy. But I sure as hell remember the exact point in time when I started being sad.”

Cassidy and her best friend, Emma, go on to make memories beachcombing, waitressing, and searching for sea glass, but nothing catches her eye quite like a young man named Sean Anderson. She spends the summer of 2001 falling in love and getting to know Sean’s grandpa before law school pulls her away. Five years later, an unbelievable offer sends her back to Maine, where she meets an elderly caretaker with an air of familiarity. She also gets a chance to finally rekindle that earlier summer romance.

Will she and Sean be able to make a fresh start, or will her chronic feelings of grief and loss dampen her emotional ability to connect? Will a long-forgotten trunk in the attic reveal a hidden family legacy that possesses the power to push them permanently apart, or will they find clues that help them clarify an issue of lineage? This 180-page novel explores some of the alternate realities that our brains manage to create to protect us from the truth – the worlds we subconsciously construct when emotional traumas become too heavy to process.

A romance story that develops years after Cassidy Quinn's life was devastated by the loss of her parents and grandmother in a car accident. Cassidy suffers depression for years and cannot remember the last time she was happy. She falls in love but then leaves to go to law school. The book explores some of the alternative realities that our brains manage to create to protect us from the truth. Interesting story and a very good official review.

[Ann Ogochukwu]

A sweet ol' romance story is always welcomed. I like the catchy title too.
Lovely review.

[Emy Katherine]

A captivating romance novel filled with mystery and suspense and told from multiple perspectives. I enjoyed reading the sample and decided to buy the book! I can't wait to read the rest of Cassidy's story. Thank you for the detailed review!

[Verna Coy]

Although this book isn’t quite my cup of tea because of the sadness in the plot, I like that it has such great characters. It’s also nice that it could be appropriate for adolescents. Thanks for a great review.

[Mercy Bolo]

The author narrates the story of two lovebirds, Cassidy and Sean. The book's setting is a cottage in Maine with rich history, and each chapter is narrated from a different character's perspective.

[Effie Cherotich]

This book follows Cassidy as she paves her life through law school, having Sean in his life and much more. Cassidy seems to have a troubled life as her relationship with Sean is put on the rocks given her past traumatic experience of losing her parents and her grandmother.

[Lorraine De Vos]

Thank you for sharing your review with us. This romance novel sounds like it is right up my alley. I am definitely adding this book to my reading list.

[Howlan]

Sounds like a well-written story with interesting characters. Thanks for the great review!