Sweet Life - by Suzanne Woods Fisher (Hardcover)

In The Sweet Life by Suzanne Fisher Woods Dawn Dixon takes her mom, Marnie, on her honeymoon after her fiance dumps her. They spend the week in Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Marnie decides to buy a historical building and open an ice cream shop. Their adventure begins. The author did an amazing job connecting me to both Dawn and Marnie with their alternating POV’s. It was a pleasure to watch them both grow, connect and learn to appreciate the other. I found myself wrapped up in their building renovation, how to make ice cream,and in the town of Cape Cod. The author begins each chapter with a quote about ice cream and I noticed myself actively searching out ice cream in my home, in my neighborhood, and on vacation after reading. The Sweet Life by Suzanne Fisher Woods is truly as sweet as it sounds. I highly recommend it. I was given a copy by the publisher and not required to write a positive review.

"Never ask a woman who is eating ice cream straight from the carton how she’s doing." Warning—Reading of this novel may cause uncontrollable, spontaneous ice cream cravings and sudden weight gain. Best to read book quickly! ;) What a delightfully, sweet (literally) story, set on beautiful Cape Cod—with all of its small hometown feels and the sound of the surf in the distance. Whew! I'll never again take for granted the work it takes to run a small business from the ground up—NOR the next cone I get from an ice cream shop! When Marnie Dixon, unbeknownst to her daughter, Dawn, buys a run-down ice cream shop, I was flabbergasted by all the elbow grease it takes to even try to restore one. Not to mention experimenting with all fresh ingredients to make the best ice cream available. I was worn out by the end of the book and I just sat here! Marnie is a wonderful "more mature" character with tremendous energy, albeit a bit flighty and apt to fly by the seat of her pants. I tried really hard to extend grace to her daughter, Dawn, as her fiancé had just broken off their engagement, but she was not one of my favorite characters to start with. I understood her predicament, but I felt she was very disrespectful to her mother at times. The male characters were pretty heroic in my opinion! The romance that I wanted to happen so badly was skimmed over pretty quickly—lacking passion—and the conclusion was rather abrupt, but I'm totally looking forward to reading Book 2 in the Cape Cod Creamery series! *I received a complimentary ARC of this book from NetGalley on behalf of the publisher and was under no obligation to post a favorable review.*