Little Creek's bookmobile is more of a death trap on wheels than a vehicle of literary delights, and circulation librarian Haley Holt is afraid it's going to careen down a mountainside with her in it. Yet she sees it as a way to serve her community and be worthy of the liver transplant that saved her life as a child. However, her fears come true when the bookmobile breaks down and a rockslide traps her in the small hollow of Turkey Grove.
Reclusive mechanic Levi Redding lives in tiny Turkey Grove to get away from people. He can handle getting the bookmobile running again, but the endless chatter and unsettling touch from the vibrant librarian leaves him overstimulated. When forced proximity leads to a misunderstanding, a note of apology begins an epistolary friendship, proving that sometimes the happiest of endings aren't contained within the bindings of a book.Review:
Hayley Holt is a librarian who has been gifted a “van” to be used as a bookmobile. She and Cletus (the name she gave the van) are happily headed to a nearby town to spread book happiness when it breaks down, and she is stranded with the road to the town becoming blocked. Levi R
edding is the only mechanic in town, and he is forced to come to her aid. He is like a horse with a burr under his saddle with his gruffness, grunts, and one word answers. He was so abrasive when first meeting Hayley that if I had been her I’d have ended up dissolving into a puddle of tears. But, she is made of stronger stuff than me and determines to make the best of her situation. I really loved how Hayley was able to see beyond his behavior and admire Levi’s uniqueness. He was able to see for the first time that the sensory issues he had were actually a blessing and not the thing the defined him.
Things to love:
funny ill wishes
grumpy/sunshine
dual POV
forced proximity
humor
letters
literary clues
he falls first
sisters!
overcoming fear
faith thread
I highly recommend this book. Ms. Monzon knows how to write such funny scenes, and the inner monologues that Hayley has even had me reading a couple of pages aloud to my husband. It is the second book in the Checking Out Love series, but it can be read as a standalone.
I received a copy of the book from Bethany House Fiction and NetGalley. All opinions are my own, and I was not required to write a positive review.
edding is the only mechanic in town, and he is forced to come to her aid. He is like a horse with a burr under his saddle with his gruffness, grunts, and one word answers. He was so abrasive when first meeting Hayley that if I had been her I’d have ended up dissolving into a puddle of tears. But, she is made of stronger stuff than me and determines to make the best of her situation. I really loved how Hayley was able to see beyond his behavior and admire Levi’s uniqueness. He was able to see for the first time that the sensory issues he had were actually a blessing and not the thing the defined him.
Things to love:
funny ill wishes
grumpy/sunshine
dual POV
forced proximity
humor
letters
literary clues
he falls first
sisters!
overcoming fear
faith thread
I highly recommend this book. Ms. Monzon knows how to write such funny scenes, and the inner monologues that Hayley has even had me reading a couple of pages aloud to my husband. It is the second book in the Checking Out Love series, but it can be read as a standalone.
I received a copy of the book from Bethany House Fiction and NetGalley. All opinions are my own, and I was not required to write a positive review.
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