Whispers by the Lake

Whispering Pines Sweet Romance, Book 1

By: Penelope Loveletter

Narrated by: Caelin Whitley

Meet Izzy, the Whispering Pines librarian struggling to recover from a broken heart. Enter Ethan, an artist from Minneapolis who came to Whispering Pines to paint the beautiful scenery. Will he be able to help Izzy recover? Together, will they be able to save the library?

©2024 Penelope Loveletter (P)2024 Penelope Loveletter

Clean romance

Simple clean romance for an evening listen, I like that they worked to support each other.

Charming

What a cozy novella with all the delightful charm you’d hope for in a small-town love story.

Lovely story but needs more

I feel like it was a very rushed love story. Going from beginning of story to two strangers fully in love in 1 hour. It was lacking character development and the relationship felt very predictable. I kept waiting for them to get to know one another so we could, but I don’t feel like we got to know them well at all. There aren’t many side characters to add to the beauty of the small town.
Then, I am still unsure why they fell apart? The library closes and his art exhibit fails and then they aren’t talking? I don’t understand how they got there and it just left so many questions.
As for the audio, I wasn’t the biggest fan of the voices the reader does, especially when Ethan is flirting with her. It was odd. Also, several moments the phrases repeated a couple times. Not sure what happened there, but it wasn’t my connection as I downloaded the book.
I wish the author would go back and develop the story more. This was a skeleton story and would be a great starting point, but needs more development to create a full story.