Review: "Crossing the Street" by Molly D. Campbell

Molly Campbell has a delightful writing style. This book was laugh aloud funny. I felt like I was sitting in a room talking to a close girlfriend. She writes the way one thinks with no pretensions and I gobbled the story down. The characters were well defined, developed and real. Although there are a few dark clouds in the plot, they only enhance the story. I adored this story from page one.

Beck Throckmorton has a comfortable life. She is a barista during the day and writes erotic literature at night. She is content with her quiet life but as life sometimes does, it turns topsy turvy. Her girlfriend, Gail, insists she needs a boyfriend and arranges a blind date. Her sister, who has married Beck’s college sweetheart, comes back to town, pregnant and unhappy and her lovely elderly neighbor, Ella, who she adores and helps, has agreed to take care of her eight-year-old great daughter, Bob. The situations that arise make Beck question her sanity but she rallies and finds strengths and insights into what she truly wants from life.

I absolutely loved this book and recommend it for anyone who is looking for a story to sit back and read in the warm sun at the beach. It is entertaining with a simple plot that makes for ease in reading. There is a small amount of explicit language so is not for the younger reader. Grab your beach chair and this book, and be prepared to giggle; you won’t be disappointed.

I received and reviewed this book for The Story Plant.