Silver Bay by Jojo Moyes– 336 pages
Book Blurb:
Liza McCullen will never fully escape her past. But the unspoiled beaches and tight-knit community of Silver Bay offer the freedom and safety she craves—if not for herself, then for her young daughter, Hannah. That is, until Mike Dormer arrives as a guest in her aunt’s hotel. The mild-mannered Englishman with his too-smart clothes and distracting eyes could destroy everything Liza has worked so hard to protect: not only the family business and the bay that harbors her beloved whales, but also her conviction that she will never love—never deserve to love—again. For his part, Mike Dormer is expecting just another business deal—an easy job kick-starting a resort in a small seaside town ripe for development. But he finds that he doesn’t quite know what to make of the eccentric inhabitants of the ramshackle Silver Bay Hotel, especially not enigmatic Liza McCullen, and their claim to the surrounding waters. As the development begins to take on a momentum of its own, Mike’s and Liza’s worlds collide in this hugely affecting and irresistible tale full of Jojo Moyes’s signature humor and generosity.
My Review: 3 stars
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No doubt in my mind this one of Jojo Moyes earlier works as you can tell she hadn’t yet perfected the precision and pulse of her latest books. It almost seemed like a “practice” book for her latest successes of The Last Letter From Your Lover, The Girl You Left Behind and Me Before You. There were far too many POVs in this book and it left my head spinning, especially because some of them were very minor characters. I liked learning about this sleepy, tired Australian seaside town and the people that inhabited it. The whaling industry was something I wasn’t familiar with so I enjoyed that aspect. The romantic love triangles were all very predictable, however I enjoyed watching the main male protagonist discover his simpler self. For fans of women’s fiction and chick-lit, you’ll like this book, but be prepared that it reads at a slower pace.
Quotes I liked:
Sometimes, I said, a lie is the way of least pain for everyone.”
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