Emily Wilson has a seemingly perfect life. She has a perfect
husband, a great career as a writer, and she lives is a beautiful apartment in
Manhattan. Then her husband throws her a curve ball and all at once her
marriage is over
To escape her own melancholy, she goes to visit her Aunt Bee
on the West Coast. There she finds peace, a little romance, and something she
never bargained for: a mystery.
Emily finds a journal at her aunt’s old house that contains
a story of love and betrayal, but she cannot figure out if the story is real or
fiction. The more she reads, the more involved she becomes and the more
determined she is to find out who wrote this story. She has to figure out who
the main players are in this story before she can get to the bottom of what
really happened.
When Emily comes to terms with who the people are in the
story and the end result of everything that happened, she is able to sort her
own life out and free herself enough to find love and invite it into her own
life.
“The Violets of March” by Sarah Jio is very much a romance.
But because there is a great mystery involved, I did not mind the romance too
much. It wasn’t mushy or boring as most romances tend to be.
While The book did not totally keep me enthralled, it was a
fun, quick read that let me escape a little into that West Coast, beach front,
life. I did not necessarily
identify with the main character, as my life is as far from hers as possible,
but I could sympathize with her plight.
I was also very intrigued by the mystery surrounding the
journal that she found. This was definitely the best part of the book. I wanted
to know who the people were. Were they people that Emily knew? And where are
they now? This dual storyline kept me reading with anticipation.
