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Monday, December 30, 2024

One Big Happy Family

Still gorging on Christmas books with Susan Mallery's One Big Happy Family (#1,288)!  Got to admit, though, that this one was a bit overstuffed for my taste.  

With one family and its fringes, there were a few too many subplots going on.  Was the cougar mom who was afraid to admit to her family she was dating a much younger man the main element?  Or was it her son and daughter-in-law dealing with a broken relationship with her mother?  Or was it the daughter who has been dumped time and again by her ex-boyfriend?  And what about cougar mom's boyfriend's kids and pathetic ex?  Dump them all in one enormous "cabin" in the Washington mountains and bring to a boil.  That's the plot in a nutshell, with happy endings guaranteed all the way around.

While I did read it all the way through to the end, I think a bit less would have resulted in a lot more satisfaction on my end.  Cute dog, though!

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