Reviewed by: Sooz
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Approximate word count: 70-75,000 words
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Author:
Lori Jones
had a 16-year modeling career that allowed her to travel the world. She kept
journals throughout the career and wrote her first book Growing up Beautiful, a fictional account of young models growing
up in a foreign country.
Description:
Casey, Star
and Joanne meet up after nearly a decade since the last time they have seen
each other. Each woman is at a crossroads as they deal with huge challenges.
Their friendship couldn’t come at a better time.
Appraisal:
The Beauty of a Second Chance takes place about 15 years after
Lori Jones’s first book Growing up
Beautiful takes place. It follows the lives of three women who modeled in
Italy when they were 18, but now they are all grown up with bigger problems on
hand.
When the
story picks up in the present day, the woman haven’t seen each other since
their time in Italy. When their paths cross in Malibu, they have a lot of
catching up to do. They each have their own issues to overcome and the support
they receive from each other helps. However, there isn’t much overlap between
the three stories other than the women having brunch and calling each other.
While each story was kind of interesting, I would have enjoyed if the stories
intertwined more.
Unfortunately,
while their individual stories were OK, I couldn’t find myself relating to any
of them. In fact, I found the women to be selfish.
It was well
written and flowed well, but it was not the right book for me. Those that
enjoyed Lori Jones’ first book will probably enjoy catching up on the lives of
Star, Joanne and Casey.
Even
though, I didn’t enjoy the book, I am still giving it four stars. The book is
well done, but made for a different audience.
FYI:
Despite
being a sequel, The Beauty of Second
Chance reads as a standalone.
Format/Typo Issues:
No major
issues.
Rating: ****Four Stars
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