Shari Low

I adored the first Shari Low novel I read, One Christmas Eve, even though I am not typically a ‘Christmas’ novel reader. It was top-quality women’s fiction, with a great ensemble cast and multiple historical storylines intertwining in surprising and poignant ways. Plus, it featured superbly developed strong female characters spanning the age spectrum.

In One Long Weekend the story threads again ultimately dovetail into one another, and Shari Low delivers some fabulously feisty and engaging mature female characters.

Despite much of the drama borne from loss, grief and trauma the characters have historically experienced, the familial love, friendship and banter between the ensemble cast during this One Long Weekend story window is largely buoyed by hope and good humour. This and the characters’ hunt for missing things, in one respect constrained by a return flight, keeps the pacing swift and the overall feeling relatively light considering the themes explored. Continue reading: https://www.bookloverbookreviews.com/2024/05/one-long-weekend-shari-low.html… (meer)

Women’s fiction often gets a bad wrap – too commercial, too saccharine, too trite. But I assure you, in One Christmas Eve Shari Low delivers the perfect balance of sweet and spicy, feisty and funny, passion and poignance. While this story is romantic in many senses, its gravitas stems from its exploration of bereavement and sacrifices made for family and friends.

One Christmas Eve‘s multi-generational ensemble cast depict a range of delightfully different personalities and relationships. Readers will be hard-pressed to not find one or more that strikes a chord with them. It was the enduring close relationship between this grandmother and grand-daughter that really moved me. And, while this novel is principally about strong women, men of substance also play key roles. Continue reading: https://www.bookloverbookreviews.com/2023/12/christmas-reads-from-authors-shari-...… (meer)

In this beautiful, heartfelt story, Eve has a special bond with her grandmother, Cathy, but doesn’t understand her own mother, Helena, at all. The day is Christmas Eve, they are celebrating her mother’s birthday and Eve just found out from a DNA test that her father isn’t really her father at all.

Told in 2-hour segments on Christmas Eve and flashbacks to previous Christmas Eves, this charming story had my interest on the rise right up to the end.

Another delightful book from Shari Low and a fabulous read for the holidays. 4.5⭐

Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for this complimentary ARC. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.… (meer)

This book was so much fun! Sisters Zara and Minnie surprise their parents with a trip to Vegas to renew vows for their 30th wedding anniversary. Little do they know the surprise is on them.

This was another good story by Shari Low. It kept me turning pages to find out what secrets of the past would be revealed next. It was more of an ensemble read, rather than focusing on the romance of a single pair. It will have you chuckling and shedding tears as the characters each find their HEA.

Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for this complimentary ARC. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.… (meer)