Back on Blossom Street - Debbie Macomber

Title: Back on Blossom Street
Author: Debbie Macomber
Genre: Chick-lit
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: 440
Date read: September, 2012

There's a new shop on Seattle's Blossom Street--a flower store called Susannah's Garden, right next door to A Good Yarn. Susannah Nelson, the owner, has just hired an assistant named Colette Blake, a young widow who's obviously hiding a secret--or two.

When Susannah and Colette both join Lydia Goetz's new knitting class, they discover that Lydia and her sister, Margaret, have worries of their own. Margaret's daughter, Julia, is the victim of a random carjacking, and the entire family is thrown into emotional chaos.

Then there's Alix Townsend, whose wedding is only months away. She's not sure she can go through with it, though. A reception at the country club, with hundreds of guests she's never met--it's just not Alix. But, like everyone else in Lydia's knitting class, she knows there's a solution to every problem... and that another woman can usually help you find it.

Unfortunately not nearly as good as the two first books about Blossom Street. While the good bits were still very, very good, there were more cases where it seemed like Debbie Macomber had gotten herself rolled up in a plot that she couldn't figure out how to get out of again, and it got both saccharine and implausible at times. It's still a good comfort book, but it just fell short of the two others, and I fear this will be a continuing downward spiral, so I think I'll just end my reading of this series now.

I did really enjoy the two first ones though! Can definitely recommend those.