Riversong by Tess Thompson is the first book in the
River Valley series. It is the story of Lee Tucker, who has lived a troubled life
with her drunk mother, leaves River Valley, her small southwestern Oregon town
in 1988 to attend college in Seattle. Fast forward 15 years later, she is in
dire straits. Her husband, Dan, had committed suicide after their business
failed, leaving her with a massive debt she cannot buy. She decides to head
back to her hometown, fix up the house her mother left her and pay the debt. Soon
her plan goes awry as she gets a job as a business consultant for a failing restaurant
and becomes a part of a community and a family that she did not count on. Will
her troubles from Seattle find her there? Will she ever be free of the past?
Can she find a place to truly call home?
Riversong is my first book from Tess Thompson and I
must admit I am a bit disappointed. It was a fun read. I enjoyed the
characters, although I did not care for Lee much, but the overall story was okay.
The plot was a bit farfetched and the timeline and the characters’ relational
connections are screwy that the author messed up and no one caught in editing.
However, it is one of the author’s first books, Riversong was first
published in 2011, and I would like to give her other titles a chance as there
is a learning curve when writing. If you like fiction featuring a small town,
you may enjoy Riversong as an introduction to the River Valley series.
Riversong
is available in
paperback and eBook
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