The Sisters of Sea View

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Ok friends, here are my 23 favorite books from 2023 in no particular order, except that the five along the bottom row are my top 5.

All are 5 ⭐️ For me, a 5⭐️ read is one I enjoyed reading so much I didn‘t want to put it down, I would recommend to others, that made me think or gave me all the feelings, and oftentimes some of them are ones I simply had a lot of fun reading.

Most of these ended up on #auldlangspine list.

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I liked spinning silver. 12mo

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The Sisters of Sea View | Julie Klassen

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This was a sweet story (out today and the first in series) revolving around (you guessed it!) sisters. The Summers‘ sisters (Sarah,(26), twins Viola and Emily (21), and Georgiana (15)) live with their widowed mother at Sea View, their home on the shore of Devonshire. With financial worries, they decide to open as a guest house and take in boarders. And so we meet a menagerie of delightful, sometimes quirky guests with most becoming like family. 🔻

robinb While told in each sister‘s voice and about their day-to-day lives, this one largely features Viola, who was born with a cleft palate (which was further exacerbated by an inept surgeon before successfully being corrected), and who struggles with her appearance and adverse reactions from others. But we follow her as she meets another who is similarly struggling, and together they begin to gain self confidence to face the world openly. 🔻 2y

robinb There are also some romantic hints, one more fleshed out than the others, that are sweet and chaste. No sex, no bad language. I loved this for its relationship arcs…family, friends, and community. There‘s nothing complicated here, just well-written and heartwarming, and I enjoyed the simplicity of it. I got a wonderful sense of each sister, each guest and other community members and am looking forward to even more about their lives. 🔻 2y

robinb If there was any drawback, I did feel it was a little too long (kind of like this review! 😂) but not enough to be a major issue. Well done. 4.25/5⭐️ (edited) 2y

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