Review: The Lemon Sisters

The Lemon Sisters by Jill Shalvis
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

"The Lemon Sisters" by Jill Shalvis was a wonderful novel featuring well-developed, realistic, and likeable characters. They were each flawed, but that made them seem so much more human to me. All of them felt so real and were so vividly described that it was easy for me to imagine being friends with them in real life.

My favorite part of the story was the relationship between the titular Lemon sisters, Brooke and Mindy. They had to work to find their way back to each other, but I loved that they always looked out for each other and had each other's backs in spite of their differences. The fact that Brooke dropped everything to care for Mindy's kids even though they hadn't talked in a year spoke volumes about their love for each other. I appreciated that they understood the importance of family, which is something near and dear to my own heart.

The central romantic relationships in the book were also well-developed. Linc's shock regarding Mindy's feelings was obvious, and certainly believable. I was so happy that they were able to work things out because they seemed like such an adorable couple. Additionally, Linc and Mindy's kids, especially Millie, made for great secondary characters and added some much needed humor at key moments in the book.

As for Brooke and Garrett, their story broke my heart and put it back together several times over the course of the book. Just when I thought they were getting closer and might finally be able to figure out a way to make their relationship work, something else would happen to pull them in different directions once again. When they finally did work things out, I wanted to cheer. They really seemed to bring out the best in each other, and after everything they went through both together and apart, they really deserved to find happiness.

Finally, I adored the book's epilogue. It was exactly what I was hoping would happen almost from the very beginning, and was a lovely way to wrap things up for all of these delightful characters.

Bottom line: I loved this book and highly recommend it. I think it may be my new favorite by Jill Shalvis! I really hope she plans to continue writing books in the Wildstone series because they just keep getting better and better.

*ARC provided by the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.

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