A New Chapter by Diann Hunt Review

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Today I'm going to be continuing through my reviews of the Smitten Novellas included in the Smitten Book Club bind up. Today's review will bring me to the third title in this bind up, and it's Diann Hunt's story.

If you'd like to check out my reviews of the previous two titles in this set, you can do so using the links below:

Love By The Book

Shelved Under Romance

Otherwise, keep on reading down below for today's full review.

A New Chapter by Diann Hunt:

Source: Gift From My Hubby

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Publication Date: January 14th, 2014

Genre: Christian Fiction/Contemporary/Novella

Series: Smitten Novellas

Synopsis:

The century-old "Gentlewoman's Guide to Love and Courtship" is no ordinary book club choice. But for the little book club in Smitten, Vermont, it might be their best pick yet!

When Lia's childhood best friend Joey moves back to town, his daughter plays matchmaker to help them find their own new beginning.

Lia is a kindergarten teacher who insists all the Smitten Book Club members read "Anne of Green Gables." She likes nothing better than a pastoral novel where an outsider finds a special place in an idyllic community.

When her childhood friend Joey moves back to Smitten with his daughter Grace in tow, Lia reaches out to help with Grace as Joey settles in as partner in his brother's dental practice. With a little matchmaking from Grace, Lia and Joey soon discover their friendship has grown into a love that could last a lifetime.

(synopsis from goodreads)

My Review:

A New Chapter was a lovely contemporary romance novella, and I think it's honestly my favorite so far of the titles included in Smitten Book Club.

Unlike the previous titles, this one had some deeper issues it was tackling, and I liked how grief was portrayed as hitting everyone differently, and how it can sometimes cause effects that no one could have ever expected. I also loved the focus on how we can't choose to forgive and move on ourselves, but rather have to be willing to let God do a work in our hearts.

Lia and Joey were both wonderful main characters, and I think a big reason of why I enjoyed this one as much as I did was that it's sort of a second chance romance since the two of them were best friends in their school days.

I only ended up having two slight complaints I feel I should mention before I conclude my review.

First, the ending is really rushed; even when taking the novella word count into consideration. And second, I didn't feel that this one dived as much into the mystery as the previous two titles did, but the sweet faith based romance more than made up for it.

Final Rating: 4/5.

I ended up enjoying this one, and I'm looking forward to reading the last title in the series shortly.

Thanks so much for reading guys! Have a great rest of your day :)

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