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|title=The Lemon Grove
|sort=Lemon Grove, The
|author=Helen Walsh
|reviewer=Zoe PageMorris
|genre=General Fiction
|rating=4
|pages=288
|publisher=Tinder Press
|date=June February 2014|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472212088</amazonuk>|amazonus=<amazonus>1472212088</amazonus>|website=|video=
|summary=A hot, steamy summer story of two couples and one villa, this is unexpected but not in a bad way.
|cover=1472212088
|aznuk=1472212088
|aznus=1472212088
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"''The Lemon Grove'' is not the book I expected it to be. No better no worse, just not what I expected. Set in Mallorca, it is the tale of a summer in the sunshine, but though they’ve holidayed at this villa for years, this summer is a bit different for Jenn and Greg. There are lots of things in this book that are a bit quirky, and the holiday set up is just one of them: the couple are joined by Greg’s daughter (Jen’s step-daughter) and her boyfriend. It’s not wildly unconventional in the real world, but for one reason or another it’s the sort of chaotic set up many authors wouldn’t bother to create. And yet as you read this book you wonder why, because it adds a dynamic that is definitely different, and in a good way.
Nathan rubs Greg up the wrong way, but that’s no real surprise since he’s dating his daughter. His effect on Jenn is a bit different, though, and forms the backbone of this story about knowing the rules but breaking them anyway. There are other sub plots, like Greg’s work issues, but these fade in to the background when Jenn and Nathan interact.
Thanks go to the publishers for supplying this book.
"
This book reminded me of an earlier read [[The Bradshaw Variations by Rachel Cusk]] which might also appeal.
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