On Mystic Lake

 


As usual, Kristin Hannah does not disappoint!  I love reading her books when I just need to immerse myself in “a story.”  Nothing scary, or mysterious, or edge-of-your-seat kind of stuff….just a good story that pulls you in, and where you feel like you end up knowing these “characters” so well that you could walk up to them on the street and have a conversation!  

This book again takes place in the Pacific Northwest for the most part (also a bit in the LA area).  A middle aged women basically has to rediscover herself after 20 years of losing herself to be the perfect person for others—-her too-busy-for-the-family husband, her almost grown daughter….  I think in part we can all relate in that at this stage, our last 15ish years have made us solely identify as wife and mother and not a ton else.  For the main character, Annie, it takes going back to her hometown—still while helping others of course—to see who she actually is and what SHE wants.  

Of course in typical K Hannah style, there are the different heavier situations thrown into the story as well that are dealt with, so it’s not all fluff…. but just a really good book that kept me wanting to find every spare minute I had to keep reading.  It was the book version for me of a Hallmark movie. Maybe predictable at times but yet I can’t help but love it and find comfort in it. Now that’s not to say the book is all happy endings and whatnot…. we know this author does dive into all sorts of tragedy… but I lived this one.  

For me it was a solid 4.5 I’m thinking….

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