However you have to play along to enjoy the series and it is a fun series.
Annie knows this dress wasn't her grandmother's dress, so who did it belong to? We get to go back to the first owners of Grey Gables to find out.
And there's a new kid in town. Annie's Hook and Needle Club friend Gwendolyn has a son who has returned home, and he's brought with him his fiance, Dervla, a young woman he's met in Ireland. Trouble is Gwendolyn isn't very welcoming, so Annie takes Dervla into her home.
And there's a famous artist in town who wants to do a painting of Grey Gables.
The book's first chapter takes us back in time and is intriguing, and then the author ruins the next chapter by doing information dumps all over the place about stuff we already know. Now, some might argue that it's necessary, but this book is a part of subscription club, so it's likely that readers would have read the previous ten books, and if not, information dumps are unnecessary. Readers don't have to know everything. They can put pieces together. And important information can be put in here and there. Shame on the author and editors for resorting to this.
So once we get passed that, the book is entertaining. Gwendolyn who is normally a nice person is completely unlikable in this but that's okay. People are complicated and even nice people can act horribly. I like to see the faults in characters.
The author wraps things up nicely in the end, taking all the different elements and tying them together. And she moves the possible romance between Annie and the town mayor Ian closer without rushing it. We suspect they will eventually get together, but it might not happen. And that's just fine.
I've tried finding out more about the author, but she isn't the only one with that name and I get led to different places.
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