Snowfall at Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs (Review)

I didn't think I would care for this as much as I have the other books in the series. This one centered around Sophie who was Daisy and Max's mother. She is also Greg's ex wife. She was written as the type of mother more wrapped up in herself and her own dreams than in her family. Her marriage fell apart and she didn't put up any fight when the kids chose to live with dad full time. She just accepted it. Rather than being a parent she was always more of a decorative piece in their lives always on the outskirts.

Susan Wiggs did an excellent job of making this woman you didn't really care for come across as someone you might actually like by the end of this book. She fleshed out Sophie and turned her story around and gave you more insight into her choices and why she made them. It opened the readers eyes and changed my perspective.

Noah is a great guy and the type of man any woman would be happy to find, but before Sophie can commit there are a lot of little issues they need to work out. Exactly how old is he? He doesn't tell her for a long time. Is she willing to have more children? Has she made peace with her past? Will her children accept a new man in her life?

The job does a good job of showing the progression of a relationship and dealing with the issues. Rather than the tried and true romance novel where boy meets girl, they fall in love, they have a big fight, they break up, they get back together and live happily ever after. Instead these two deal with each issue as it comes up which is more realistic to relationships. They are built slowly and the issues don't normally all come up at one time.

A great read. I truly enjoyed this.

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