Jio, Sarah
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With Love from London
The book focus will delight, as will themes of healing and forgiveness.
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All the Flowers in Paris
Fans of Beatriz Williams will enjoy the historical aspects of Jio’s thoughtful, expressive, and poignant story of love, forgiveness, and strength in the face of tragedy. [See Prepub Alert, 2/18/19.]
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Always
This sentimental novel taps into fantasies of nursing men back to health through love, forgetting about the more complicated issues it stirs up along the way. This quick beach read will appeal to those seeking a clean romance as well as to fans of Elin Hilderbrand and Karen White. [See Prepub Alert, 8/22/16.]
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The Look of Love
While a very easy read, Jio's (Morning Glory; Goodnight June) latest novel has an unexceptional and fairly predictable plot. The multitude of clichéd characters make it hard to become fully invested in any of them. For a bit of light reading, fans of Jio will most likely enjoy her latest offering.
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Morning Glory
Will be of interest to those curious about mid-century Seattle. Recommended for all popular fiction collections.
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Goodnight June
Readers will be as invested in the outcome of the bookstore as June is and they will be captivated by the imaginative backstory the author creates for one of America's greatest children's authors. Recommended.
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The Last Camelia
In her fourth novel (after Blackberry Winter), Jio tells the story of two women living in different times who are equally captivated by the mystery surrounding a manor in the English moors. Abrupt breaks and rough transitions aside, Jio's decision to employ dual first-person narratives to reveal the dual plot is a sound one, though this reviewer would have been more interested to see contrasting narrative viewpoints between the two story lines. Particularly for Flora's character, a third-person narrative might have been more effective in creating a sense of the climate during a time fraught with much worry.
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The Bungalow
This unabashedly romantic novel just narrowly avoids being sappy, thanks to Jio's (The Violets of March) deft handling of her plot and characters. Fans of Nicholas Sparks will enjoy this gentle historical love story.
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