Title: The Summer's End (Lowcountry Summer #3)
Author: Mary Alice Monroe
Published: May 19,2015 by Gallery Books
Pages: 432
Source: Purchased
Rating: 4/5
Goodreads
It is summer’s end and Sea Breeze, the family’s beloved estate on Sullivan’s Island, must be sold. It is an emotional time of transition as Mamaw and the three sisters each must face loss and find a new place in the world.
Harper, the youngest sister, arrived at Sea Breeze intending to stay only a weekend, but a rift with her wealthy, influential mother left her without direction or a home. During this remarkable summer, free from her mother’s tyranny and with the help of her half sisters, Harper discovered her talents and independent spirit.
But summer is ending, and the fate of Sea Breeze hinges on Harper’s courage to decide the course of her own life. To do so she must release her insecurities and recognize her newfound strengths. She must accept love fully into her life—the love of Mamaw, Carson, and Dora, the love of Sea Breeze and the lowcountry, and most of all, the love of a Wounded Warrior who has claimed her heart.
My review:
The final book in the Lowcountry trilogy, this one focuses mainly on my favorite of the three sisters, Harper. I really loved all the parts focusing on Harper, especially that she ends up being a writer. Her past catches up with her with the arrival of her other grandmother from England. This whole part of the book was so entertaining and kept me turning pages to find out the ending (even though it was fairly easy to see where the plot was going). Unfortunately there was still way too much Carson in this book, and it almost caused me to reduce my rating to a 3.5. I really disliked this sister, and her whiny jealous personality did not improve for me, even if we were supposed to buy into her transformation by the ending. Speaking of the ending, I thought the author did a great job tying up loose ends (as best she could since the characters obviously will live on), and created nice closure when you finished the book. Still a bit irked by why everyone had to be paired off, but I guess that's what you get when you read this type of romance novel 🙂
My favorite of the trilogy, and a nice ending to a good group of beach reads.
I enjoyed this one. Imagine my surprise when I found out this has another one in the pipeline! Found out about it on the author's website. Carson doesn't wind me up like you as much.
I saw that somewhere, I think it's about a wedding? Of course it could be any one of them getting married, let's hope it's not all three (that would be super corny).