- Finding Me (Salty Key Inn Series Book 1)

I'm always looking for a new good writer to follow. This would not be one. Her writing is simplistic and IMHO juvenile. I get that some writers don't want to delve into descriptions of sex and I would prefer that they not if they can't do it justice so that's not what I am referring to. Just the basic dialogue between all of the characters was immature. There were few conjugations so everything was spelled out making it a very stilted read. I really wanted to like this book and while the author was able to build a certain amount of caring for the characters and what happens, not nearly enough to continue with this dry reading. I got tired of reading about Tony's business and how it was faltering. That just seemed to be a main theme with this book rather than getting into some of the other characters. Lets face it, if u had a stove from the 50's that was in good working order it would be a dream to work with. They are beautiful and large enough to cook a holiday meal practically all at once. If there were anything wrong with it there would be indications of it. Her daughter ...I'm not even going to go there. How does she not know about rip tides when she lives near an ocean? There were other topics that created the DUH moment for me as well. I'm done, like a turkey, in the 50's oven that I would give a fortune for just to have my grandmothers back.

I enjoyed Judith Keim's Beach House Hotel series - read all three of them and thought they were pretty good as easy beach books. I bought this book along with the second of Keim's new series and have to say, I was surprised it was the same author as the Beach House Hotel. While the writing in the Beach House Hotel was a little stilted at times, I thought it was overall enjoyable. I cannot say the same about these two books - the writing seemed geared to Young Adults and the character development was very elementary. The three sisters were filled with self-doubts and all three experienced juvenile reactions to different challenges that arose during the story. There was a lot of repetition of angst and self -doubt throughout these two books...as well as overusing the same descriptions and terms.I actually liked the storyline which is why I read the second book --just felt the writing and character development wasn't up to par.

To get an idea of the story line, you can easily read the book description, or any of the other reviews. I just wanted to say that I was really enjoying this book a lot.......until I came to the end and realized I'd have to buy the rest of the series order to finish the story.What a disappointment! I do generally like 'series' books IF each story is tied up with a neat bow at the end. In those cases, it's usually a matter of tying up the story of the main characters... then in the next book, introducing a new story around the lives of secondary characters from the previous book. That is a perfectly acceptable way to encourage sales of future books.That's not how this series works though. I think readers should be told in advance if they will have to read multiple books to finish a story. I don't know if this is a marketing ploy on the part of the author or the publisher, but I will not play that game. I'm done. I will live with the fact that I won't know how everything turns out in the end.

The challenge of a questionable inheritance grabbed my attention from the beginning of this book and became even greater when I found the three sisters had to actually live on the property--sight unseen--for a year for the inheritance to become theirs. A great premise for a novel. A lot of the characters among Gus' crew were interesting and would have added depth to this story and a bit more detail and focus. With the exception of the oldest sister, the other two were written in a totally immature manner, and the teenagers were horrible, although touching on a couple of points, such as bullying and gratitude. I kept reading because I wanted to know what happened and was then sadly, madly disappointed when the book ended on a cliff-hanger. BUY THE NEXT ONE AND MAYBE YOU'LL KNOW, the ending screamed. This has been my worst experience with any "series" of books that I've started to read, and I do NOT intend to buy the second one. Not only was the writing stilted and the characters not fleshed out, I wasted time when I could have been reading something with depth and meaning.

Love books written around Florida beaches. Salty Key Inn is going to be a great series. Three young ladies, inherited a dilapidated inn, on the beach, they must live together a year and re-model this inn, to inherit a large sum of money.. Sheena, the oldest has two children and a husband, she must leave them to accomplish this. Of course, she meets hostile feelings from her family, but teaches her children to respect others, work for what they want, etc.Such a great story, Judith, children these days need a strong, guiding hand. Very excited about this series, waiting patiently for the next book.(Breakfast at the Beach Hotel, series, is another good read of Ms. Keim's) js

I love books that have a series so you can follow the characters - but, and it's a big but, each book must be able to stand on it's own and this one doesn't. Yes I was enjoying it, light easy reading, good enough characters, but there were a lot of story lines introduced, but none of them concluded. This book should at least have covered the first year at the hotel for the sisters, then there would still be ample scope for expansion into other books with the things that could happen to them, but to suddenly stop where it did felt a real cop out- I felt conned and it was clearly a ploy to purely make you buy the next books to actually find out what happened - to anybody! Not impressed with this kind of 'Series' book as it isn't a series at all, but more a 'serial' - very different

Three sisters are left a run down hotel in Florida, the catch they have to all live together for a year to see if they can make a go of it. They find out about each other along the way. The story has tension, intrigue as well as laughter and tears. Super reading

I love this book. It is an easy read for those long summer days.The story line is quirky and grabbing. I couldn’t put it down

An unexpected inheritance has three sisters moving in together to work at renovating an old hotel. Each finding their own strengths and discovering the true meaning of family. I look forward to reading more from this author

I enjoyed this book and would read the follow-ups if they were free. Didn't enjoy it enough to buy the next ones I'm afraid.