This is the third book in a series by Towler where the main 'character' is a place called Snow Island, which happens to, in fact be Prudence Island, right across the bay from Jim's family house in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. I so enjoyed reading the first two books, where Towler brings this small island community to life. What it's like when the summer folk leave in September and the Islanders battle winter and loneliness.
In this third book the magic was gone for me. I'd already gotten that it's difficult living in a town with only a few dozen people, one store, lots of secrets, not much new happens... in this new book she tries to liven it up, perhaps a bit too much, with 2 new inhabitants, each there for different reasons. One, a woman in her early 30s, there to check out the Inn she inherited from her aunt, the other, in her mid 70s on the island to decide whether to tear down the home her deceased husband had started to build decades before.
Both women just happen to be lesbians and Towler mixes things up a bit with some pretty explicit bedroom stuff with these women and their partners, as well as another island inhabitant, Nick and his married lover Rachel.
Didn't enjoy it this third time around. Not enough Rhode Island quohogging around the lighthouse details, too much lurid detail! Not what I wanted from this particular island read.
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