Title: Moose Be Love
Author: Jacqueline Winters
Publisher: Jackie M. Wallick
Genre: Romance
Pages: 268
My Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤
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Moose Be Love
Cadence’s aunt Patty passed away a while ago and now she is finding out that she left her and her sisters the lodge. They can sell it and keep the money or keep the lodge and run it. One condition: they all have to agree with the decision. Otherwise, the lodge will go to someone else. At first, they are convinced to sell the place. They are all busy and have their own lives. But the more time Cadence spends at the lodge, the more convinced she wants to keep it. And it doesn’t help that the caretaker of the lodge is really handsome and nice. Can she convince her sisters to keep the place?
Review
Moose Be Love is the first book in the Sunset Ridge series, which takes place in Sunset Ridge and is about the three Whitmore sisters. First of all, Love the name of this book. There are 8 books in total in this series and they all have the word Moose in their titles, but this book definitely has the best title.
And I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but I do that anyway. Do not judge me for this. And I really like the cover of it. However, there is also another version with a different cover (click here for the GoodReads page), I am not the biggest fan of those kinds of covers. I believe those kinds of covers were a thing in the early 2000s maybe. But I am definitely more of a fan of this cover. But the Moose Ed looks so cute on this cover
I also liked the story. I am not saying this is similar to Gilmore Girls, but it kind of has the same vibe. They have a lot of festivals in Sunset Ridge and I remember they also have the weirdest festivals/events in Gilmore Girls.
The story was cute. It started with the Moose Ed who is a regular in Sunset Ridge and everyone feeds him, so obviously he comes back for more. But the book also ends with a very similar situation.
The main characters are likable. Cadence works hard all the time, but now her aunt Patty died and she gave the lodge to the three sisters. At first, they want to sell it. But the more time Cadence spent in Sunset Ridge, the more she wanted to keep it. The only problem, she has to convince her sisters. And there is a second problem, she already has a job. Her job (or boss) is very demanding. But she also feels like she should follow her heart.
Ford is taking care of the lodge at this moment and he is also working two jobs to make sure his little sister Rilee can go to her dream university Boston. He also knows that if the sisters agree to keep it, he gets 55K dollars, which he definitely could use to pay for Boston. He is a good man and he takes care of everyone he cares about. And slowly he is falling for Cadence.
I like to read stories that take place in a small town, maybe because I am from a small town. Or maybe it is because I like to spend time in nature and you don’t have a lot of nature in a city.
For those who are wondering, there is no smut in this book, just a little bit of kissing. But you can tell there is a romantic vibe between Ford and Cadence.
I am curious about the other books in the series. Books 2 and 3 will probably be about the other two sisters but what about the other books? Are more people moving to this small town? I wonder what is going to happen. Or maybe Rilee gets her own story as soon she is done in Boston. By the way, I think it is impressive that the author published at least 8 books in just a span of two years. This book came out in 2020 and book 8 was published in 2022.
But you know what? This book series might be perfect to bring with you on a holiday. The book is not that big. This one has 224 pages, so if you are a fast reader, you can probably read the whole series on your vacation.
I surprisingly enjoyed it. I had no idea what to expect. I love Moose Ed. Imagine you live in a small town and you look out of the window and there is a moose standing. That does not happen where I live. This book had the perfect small-town vibe with two great main characters. I can’t wait to read the other books.