Book Review Club - May 2018

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@Barrie Summy

 

A new month, a new book to review!

This month I will be reviewing Sweet Tea Tuesdays by Ashley Farley.

Here is the blurb from amazon:

Three best friends met every Tuesday for twenty-six years. And then they stopped.

From the author of the bestselling Sweeney Sisters Series comes a novel of friendship, family, and hope.

When new next-door neighbors Georgia, Midge, and Lula first assembled on Georgia’s porch in Charleston for sweet tea, they couldn’t have known their gathering was the beginning of a treasured tradition. For twenty-six years they have met on Tuesdays at four o’clock, watching the seasons change and their children grow up, supporting each other in good times and in bad. With their ambitions as different as their personalities, these best friends anticipate many more years of tea time. And then, one Tuesday, Georgia shares news that brings their long-standing social hour to an abrupt halt. And that’s only the beginning as unraveling secrets threaten to alter their friendship forever.

I agree with amazon that it's a book about friendship, family and hope.  It's also a story about what happens when life throws you curve balls - we don't all handle it all that well.

From a storyline standpoint, I read this book very quickly and wanted to know what happened next and how things all worked out - it definitely kept my interest.  From a writing perspective I felt that at times it was a bit stilted but not overly so.  The characters were interesting and sympathetic. 

The story was told from the perspectives of Georgia, Midge, Lula and Lula's youngest daughter, Lizbet in alternating chapters.  There were things that were somewhat predictable but there were two story threads that ended in ways I hadn't expected.

I enjoyed the book.  I started it Sunday evening and finished it early Monday afternoon.  I would recommend it.

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