Publication: November 9th 2015 by Mirror Press
Source: Received a free copy of this in exchange for an honest review from ebooksforreview.com. Thank you!
Goodreads Summary: Welcome to Tangerine Street
Tangerine Street is a must-see tourist stop with a colorful mix of one-of-a-kind boutiques, unique restaurants, eclectic museums, quaint bookstores, and exclusive bed-and-breakfasts. The Mariposa Hotel, a new resort, has revitalized Seashell Beach, bringing new life to the sleepy beach town. In the charming gardens of the hotel sits a three-hundred-year-old wishing well transported from Mexico. One toss of the coin, a sincere wish, and lives are changed forever…
Other books in the Tangerine Street Romance series:
The Fortune Café
The Boardwalk Antiques Shop
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My Thoughts:
Although I haven't read previous editions of the Tangerine Street series, I still really enjoyed this. This has three novellas by three different authors in it which all have one thing in common: they all take place in a little hotel called The Mariposa and they all make wishes in The Mariposa's wishing well. The wishing well has a legend that the butterflies on the well will carry true wishes to heaven to be granted when someone drops a coin in the well. Each story tied into the wishing well and it was neat to see how a simple legend could touch multiple lives.
The three novellas range from a more crime element story to an events planner/Hollywood star to a doctor's story all with some romance thrown in. At least one of these stories should touch a reader and they're all entertaining and hold their own storylines. Although personally the first story was my favorite. It was also neat to see some characters interweaved into the different stories, crossing into other character's lives as well as starring in their own novella.
Each novella was well-written and developed well enough within its limited pages. Some of the characters in stories were better developed than others. I also thought that the last story lacked some of the depth and details it would need to have to carry such a heavy plotline. If it the writer had had more pages to work with, I think the plot would have been better executed but it was still a thoughtful, touching plotline.
Likes: Easy, clean reads. Unique storylines interwoven around the same hotel and same wishing well were neat to read. I liked seeing some characters cross over into each story.
Dislikes: Last storyline lacked some depth and details I feel it would need to have to carry such a heavy plot point. Some spelling/grammar errors in each.
Overall:
Recommend? Yes. Especially for clean romance lovers.
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