This one has been in my TBR pile for a while, and it seemed like the perfect book to take on vacation.
Clay Yeager’s Redemption by Justine Davis
(1999, Contemporary Series)
Grade: 3.5
Casey Scott has retreated to her hometown in Iowa, after a bad experience in the big bad city. She’s doing well as a caterer, but something seems missing until a dog named Mud steals her rib roast. Mud belongs to a mysterious man named Clay Yeager, who appears to be homeless. But something makes her want to trust him and learn more about his life.
This book started out really well. I was intrigued by the mysterious stranger whose eyes were “dead” but was hanging on for the sake of his dog. He’s hiding a dark secret, as is Casey. This seems just the story for this angst bunny, but somehow as the book continued, I began to get impatient. I put the book down numerous times and skimmed through the last third. I’m not sure if it was just my mood or if I’ve read too many similar stories, but the book just didn’t excite me the way I expected. I was left feeling like this was angst-by-the-numbers. Too bad, because usually I love Justine Davis.
I think this is an example of a book I might have graded differently if I’d read it at a different time, but after 2-3 tries, I just couldn’t get into it as much as I’d expected.
Karen Wheless
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