Promise of Spring

Title: Promise of Spring

Author: Kristen McKendry

Summary: Melinda is farming a 25 acre ranch in Texas as an environmental experiment and a way to get away from her family in Albuquerque after her divorce. Ryan, a widower, moves in next door with his 2-year old son, and they strike up a friendship that quickly becomes much more. Will they come together as they both suffer acts of vandalism and who is behind them?

Recommendation: I really didn't find anything that original about this book, and I thought it was a bit overdone on the environmentalism aspects. I really wondered how Melinda and Ryan would get along in the real life with her living as much from the earth as she could and him not seeming all that interested. For instance, which house would they live in? The book just didn't catch me; although, I did think it was a unique approach to talking about environmentalism and development.

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