I tried to start reading the Maple Falls Romance Series with an Advanced Reader Copy of the third novel. By the time I got to the fourth chapter, I realized that Sold on Love was just not good as a standalone. I was dropped in the middle of a small town wedding where everyone, except me, knew everyone else. Very confusing! Fortunately, since bad weather closed the library for a few days, my library was able to provide me with e-copies of the first two books in the series. Each book in the series focuses on a different couple, and thus characters are introduced as necessary and show up again in later books. The books in order of publication are:
Hooked on You
Much Ado About a Latte
Sold on Love
Two to Tango (to be released on July 11, 2023)
My next upcoming reviews will give my impressions of the three published books in the series. They are all clean, gentle romances. I am attracted more to cozy mysteries than romances, but I did enjoy these.
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I try so hard to make sure I don’t get a book in a series, but, I still manage to get quite a few books in the middle of a series!
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It happens. Especially when you see a book by an author you really like or a book that is highly recommended.
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How nice you were able to get e-copies and start from the beginning! I hate reading a series not from the beginning because even if the author explains what happened before it’s not the same
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There are some series that you can drop in and then decide that you would like to go back and read the first ones because the one you read was so good. I agree that most series are best read from the beginning if there is character overlap. This is one of those series!
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I often fall into the middle of a series, then go back and read all the previous books. Linda. I have read the first two and really liked them, I need to get to the third so I will be ready for #4. So glad you were able to get the first two.
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I think maybe you had recommended reading them in order, but in my effort to catch up on my ARC’s, I tried to take a shortcut; it was a mistake.😉
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