If you are looking for a story to get lost in this spring, pick up a copy of the newly released The Page Turner. When Emma Page returns home following college, she’s expected to take her place in the family publishing business. The only problem? She doesn’t quite fit in with the image her parents have created for themselves with the high-brow vanity press; she would rather read and write romance and women’s stories (gasp!). In Viola Shipman’s newest novel, readers are given an inside look into publishing with a powerful ode to the power all of us have within us to follow our dreams.
I have read and loved many of this author’s books, but the first chapters felt like I was reading something different, and to be honest, I did not love it. The story had a different vibe and some of the language stood out as too modern. In the past I have felt that the stories radiated a timeless quality. However, I stuck with it and soon fell in love with the story of Emma and her family. As per usual for Shipman’s novels, the heroine has to overcome some predicament and experience personal growth along the way. I particularly appreciated that this novel was not at all a romance. If anything, it was about Emma’s relationship with her recently deceased grandmother GiGi and her sister Jess.
Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for the ARC. All opinions are my own.
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