Sweet Lake

Sweet Lake, Book 1

By: Christine Nolfi

Narrated by: Carly Robins

Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

Linnie Wayfair knows just how many people are counting on her. But knowing doesn't make doing any easier.

Everyone in Sweet Lake, Ohio, wants her to muster all her business sense and return the Wayfair Inn to its former glory. Her parents hope she'll forgive her scoundrel of a brother and reconcile the family. The eccentric Sweet Lake Sirens want her to open the inn - and her heart - to new possibilities. And her hilarious lifelong friends Jada and Cat are dropping none-too-subtle hints for her to ignite a romance with Daniel Kettering, the sexy attorney who's been pining for her for years...

Now a shocking turn of events will open old wounds and upend the world Linnie has carefully built. She has to make changes quickly - and the results, though not entirely what she expected, might be what she's been yearning for all along.

©2017 Christine Nolfi (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Really good

Great story- loved the characters the narration was wonderful ! Loved the different twists along the way ! Really enjoyed this book!

Enjoyed

I throughly loved this book, the story, audio and everything. I highly recommend to all

Great Start to a New Series!

This is the first book I have read by Christine Nolfi and it won't be the last. I loved Sweet Lake and can't wait for the next book. This town drew me in from the first page and didn't let go. The Sweet Lake Sirens had me laughing out loud and I can not wait to find out more about this crazy group of women.

Enjoyable

Enjoyed the most of the storyline except for the brother - it was a bit over the top. I always enjoy listening to Carly Robins. In fave I found this book when I looked for books Carly had narrated .

The Performance Ruins the Book

After listening to the book, I decided to finish it on Kindle. The narration of the brother absolutely ruined it on Audible. He sounded like a stuffy elderly man with a British accent.

Meh

I was hoping this would be a series I could enjoy easily and pass some time. Unfortunately the characters are all just overbearingly obnoxious. The main character has zero backbone and makes stupid decisions and is infuriating loyal to a stupid cause. At least give her a few redeeming qualities. The love interest is a sad sack pining away with unrequited love that suddenly isn’t unrequited after years and years? Where’s the build up? The brother is obnoxious and wholly unlikeable and the parents are even more despicable. There really isn’t any depth to any of the characters. Maybe they grow. I don’t know because I quit listening. Give me a strong female lead and some depth.

My Musings

I thoroughly enjoyed this delightful romance. The characters are enchanting and I look forward to the next one in this series. Happy reading 📚!

Wonderful Tale of Love, Forgiveness and Family

This story is wonderful. You'll experience a roller coaster of emotions: from sorrow to joy, crying and laughing, rooting for Daniel and Linni, hooting with laughter at the sirens, and everything in-between.

My frustration was with the narrator. The wasn't much difference in the voices of Linni and Jayden in particular. So when they're having a conversation, it's very difficult to figure out who's speaking. This is particularly true in the beginning as you are learning each character. Once you get a good feel for the characters, you can figure out who's talking. Personally, I found Freddie's voice quite annoying.

Another problem I struggled with was differentiating when a character was speaking internally or to another character. Most readers will either speak softer or have a slight difference to clue the listener to an internal vs. external dialog. Not really in this story.

For these reasons, I wish I had this book also in e-print so I could have followed along better...or at least re-read some parts so I had a better understanding of the storyline at the beginning.

C

Just didn’t do it for me. And the voices of the brother and the rich matron. How affected can you be. Plus, I really didn’t like the mother and I really didn’t like the father. Only just barely got through this book.

DNF

DNF @ 35%
3 Stars for me!

The writing is good but I just couldn't get into the story.