Title: MAKING MARION: Where's Robin Hood when you need him?
Author: Beth Moran
Publisher: Lion Fiction
June 2014
ISBN: 978-1782640998
Genre: Chicklit
She had been looking
for somewhere to stay, but instead Marion Miller finds herself on the wrong
side of the reception desk at the Peace and Pigs campground and, despite her
horrible shyness, promptly lands herself a job.
Life on a busy
campground challenges Marion's formerly controlled life--the pigs roam free,
the resident chickens seem determined to thwart her, and an unfortunate
incident with a runaway bike throws her into the arms of the beautiful, but
deeply unimpressed, Reuben.
Yet, Marion's
would-be boyfriend Jake, and Reuben's stunning fiancée Erica, conspire to leave
little room for Marion to daydream about the twinkling eyes of her rescuer . .
. Will Marion ever find peace, and perhaps even love, among the pigs?
Including a large
cast of memorable, colorful characters, Making Marion is an
outstanding debut romantic comedy that touches on issues of identity and family
with a natural ease.
I got MAKING MARION from BookFun in exchange for
an honest review. Since the book was from BookFun, I assumed that MAKING MARION
would be a Christian book. I’m not really sure if it is being marketed as such
or not. The main characters are Catholic. And the Catholic idea of Christian
and the Independent Fundamental Baptist idea of Christian are vastly different
things.
I did enjoy getting to know Marion and seeing her discover herself. I
love most of the characters—all hurting—and dealing with it in their own ways.
There is some bad language. There is beer-drinking. There is an older couple
who can’t control their sexual urges and seem to get down and dirty wherever the
desire hits, private or not. And there is no Christian message. Just a rather
funny confession to an imaginary Santa.
Comedy, yes. Colorful characters, yes. No sexual tension,
despite the sex (between the elderly couple that Marion continuously walks in on.) Really,
there could’ve been a romance or there couldn’t have been a romance and it
would’ve made no difference in the story. Will I let my twelve year old read
it? No. Did I enjoy it? Rather. Mostly. Parts. Other parts? No. Not at all.
Overall rating? Three stars. The parts I enjoyed were definitely five stars.
The parts I hated were one star. I averaged it out. $14.99. 316 pages. $9.99
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