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Review of Maggie Moves On

Posted on March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 by caritagardiner
Cover of Maggie Moves On

It's not a NetGalley review, but I thought it might be fun to post another review, while I'm on a roll.

title: Maggie Moves On

author: Lucy Score

publisher: Forever (Grand Central Publishing)

publication date: June 21, 2022

pages: 416

peppers: 3, some pretty graphic scenes

warnings: nothing gross in this book

summary: Maggie flips houses for her YouTube show, which has almost a million followers. Part of the deal is that once she flips the house, she moves onto the next one. Silas shows up to get a job as her landscaper, but he instantly falls for her and wants to keep her in town.

tropes:

  • big, out-of-control dog
  • buried treasure
  • a fixer-upper
  • small town
  • big family
  • lost mother
  • estranged father
  • saving a local boy
  • love at first sight
  • grumpy old man

what I liked:

  • great banter
  • fun twists
  • things work out for more than just the main characters

what I didn’t like:

  • some family secrets/conflicts seem too easily resolved

overall rating: 4 (of 5 stars)

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I teach English to high schoolers at a boarding school in Connecticut. I read AP English Literature and Composition exams and serve as a teacher mentor for the University of Pennsylvania Teaching Fellows program. I’ve earned a Bachelor of Arts (Amherst College), an Education Master in Learning and Teaching (Harvard University Graduate School of Education), a Master of Arts in English (Bread Loaf School of English), and most recently a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with a certificate in the online teaching of writing (Southern New Hampshire University).

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