Book Review: One More Last Chance

Book: One More Last Chance (A Place to Call Home book #2) by Cathleen Armstrong

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: Available now

Description:

Sarah Cooley has come home to Last Chance, New Mexico, for one reason–because it doesn’t change. After an engagement gone bad with a man who wanted to change everything about her, Sarah is more than ready for the town whose motto may as well be, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
Chris Reed, on the other hand, wants nothing more than to spark some change in the little town. As the new owner of the Dip ‘n’ Dine, he’s shaking things up to draw folks from all over the Southwest into his restaurant.

As it turns out, the winds of change are blowing into Last Chance–just not in the ways that Sarah or Chris might expect.

With the same evocative writing and fascinating characters that won fans for her debut novel, Cathleen Armstrong invites readers back to Last Chance for a soul-searching, romantic story of two people navigating the twists and turns of small-town life.


Rating: 2 stars

Review:

First thing, I didn't like the main character Sarah Cooley, she's rude and very narrow-minded. She went back to her hometown of Last Chance for a teaching job. And in between trying to get reacquainted with her hometown she was avoiding calls from her ex-boyfriend and being rude to the other main character Chris Reed. Who of course is attracted to her despite every time they meet she's a jerk to him. I really don't see what Chris saw in her.

Chris just recently purchased the Dip 'n' Dine, the restaurant in town and was having to deal with a lot of opposition to some of his attempts at trying to change the restaurant to make it more profitable. Chris was just too nice a guy to be stuck with those annoying townspeople. Aside from that he also found himself taking care of his 7 year old niece Olivia. So this guy had a lot going on.

The best characters in this lackluster story was Chris, Olivia and Sarah's grandmother Elizabeth. I really wish that Sarah wasn't even included in this story because besides being a jerk she was a complete idiot in regards to her ex-boyfriend who showed up.

For a romance book, there was no chemistry between Sarah and Chris. And even though the story was working it's way to a romance between the main characters I thought Sarah was a better match with her ex, they were both jerks. It took too long for Sarah to change her disposition towards Chris and it also took her too long to realize that he ex-boyfriend was a jerk. I found it a bit hypocritical that Sarah was telling her students that they should be kind and welcoming to everyone especially since she doesn't follow her own advice.

This was an okay read there was not a lot going on. The only scenes that made this worth reading were the ones with Chris and Olivia.