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Welcome to Serenity

Welcome to Serenity

bySherryl Woods
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P. Blevins
5.0 out of 5 starsgreat reading
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2020
Welcome to Serenity: Sweet Magnolias, Book 4 is by Sherryl Woods. This book is about the lovely town of Serenity, South Carolina. The magnolias are a group of women who are best friends and cover any event in their friends’ lives.
Jeanette works for The Corner Spa which is owned by Maddie, Dana Sue, and Helen. She set up and works the facial section of the salon and is very well liked by her clients. She has not dated for several years since she broke up with her boyfriend. He wanted to control her life and work but she was determined to go her own way. Now, Maddie wants her to work on the Christmas Festival committee for the town. Jeanette has valid reasons for not liking Christmas but has never told anyone here is Serenity why. Now she is working for the Christmas festival just to stop the pushing from her colleagues.
Tom McDonald has come to Serenity to be the town manager. The first thing he is hit with in September is the Christmas festival. After having Christmas forced on him as a child, he disliked the season and feels he has other things that need his attention. The mayor feels differently and forces him to be in charge of the festival.
Tom and Jeanette join forces to stop the Magnolias from matchmaking, only to make things worse. Can things get even worse? Tom’s Mother comes to town. Watch the fur fly.
This is a cute book and it is fun to read how they get out of the mess they help make.
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Karen TalleyTop Contributor: Historical Fiction Books
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3.0 out of 5 starsSo-so
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2017
I read the first three books and liked them a lot more than this one. Part of the problem here was there were just too many things going on with too many couples for me to get interested in the main couple. Jeanette isn't one of the original Sweet Magnolias but was adopted into their group when she moved into Serenity and took a management position at the Corner Spa. (I found it hard to believe that the spa did so much business in such a small town, but...) She loves her job, but isn't happy when she finds that her boss wants her to help out with the town's Christmas festival. She has avoided all Christmas activities for years because of an incident in her past. Also recruited to work on the festival is Tom McDonald, the town's new manager who also dislikes Christmas. It was hard for me to take Tom and Jeanette seriously because I felt like their actions were so immature. The characters weren't really well developed in my opinion and the dialogue was mostly on the juvenile side. I did a lot of skimming to finish.
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Beacarew
1.0 out of 5 stars This Book is Unreadable
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2020
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The main character in this book is miserable. I kept expecting her character to develope out of her shrewish miserable state. But at the halfway point I have abandoned it and the entire sweet magnolias series. Am sorry I paid for this book. Total waste of money and time spent waiting for the book to move on.
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Book Eater
1.0 out of 5 stars So hard to like
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2017
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I usually enjoy Woods' books, but this one was even a struggle to finish. The h was so pitifully self-centered I never warmed up to her, which made the long-suffering H a male doormat. I could never figure out how he made it past the initial attraction to her looks and stuck in there with Debbie Downer. The story was thin, so all in all I think it a great disappointment for Woods fans.
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M. Mutchler
1.0 out of 5 stars wrong book
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2010
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I am a fan of Ms. Wood's Sweet Magnolias. I was very much looking forward to reading the last installment before going on to the newest Sweet Magnolias (Annie Sullivan and Friends). I was very excited to received this book, however, the story inside the WELCOME TO SERENITY cover is NOT the 4th. installment of this series. This story is about the Seaside Inn, Hannah, Kelsey and Luke. Who are these people and what are they doing in my story? Why was this book printed this way? I now have to go and purchase this book all over again!! I can't find my receipt and is it financially beneficial to me to return it? This is obviously a printing error and I plan to send it back to the printer. I wonder how many of these there are out there? Whatever the story inside the cover is, I hope it's a story by Ms. Woods. I understand that Amazon can't inspect every book they mail out but, this is not fair to the consumer.
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joyce woodiwiss
1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible audio version
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2020
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The audible version is read by a robot. It’s horrible.
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G E Mulrooney
1.0 out of 5 stars Anything but Serene
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2021
This book is full of spineless and pitifully dysfunctional characters who are in continual conflict. It is not a fun read. In fact it is downright unpleasant as the women can't seem to stay on their diets or stick up for what they personally need from their relationships. They are always doing things they do not want to do for other people and eating baked goods on top of that! How stupid can you get? It you want really bad role models - ready this book.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2014
Unrealistic situations causing the "problems". The explanations don't make sense. They contradict what is "supposed" to be reasons for actions
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1.0 out of 5 stars A boring book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2022
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Very slow, boring book. Nothing exciting, I kept waiting for something exciting to happen, it never did. I t was very disappointing.
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