Annajane Hudgens truly believes she is over her ex-husband, Mason Bayless. They've been divorced for four years, she's engaged to a new, terrific guy, and she's ready to leave the small town where she and Mason had so much history. She is so over Mason that she has absolutely no problem attending his wedding to the beautiful, intelligent, delightful Celia. But when fate intervenes and the wedding is called to a halt as the bride is literally walking down the aisle, Annajane begins to realize that maybe she's been given a second chance. Maybe everything happens for a reason. And maybe, just maybe, she wants Mason back. But there are secrets afoot in this small southern town. On the peaceful surface of Hideaway Lake, Annajane discovers that the past is never really gone. Even if there are people determined to keep Annajane from getting what she wants, happiness might be hers for the taking, and the life she once had with Mason in this sleepy lake town might be in her future.
Initial thoughts: Southern literature is such good fun, has humour, a dash of mystery and makes you wonder how some people always manage to make everyone's lives so difficult. That or you question how anyone raised in a good, clean household ends up subscribing to exceedingly questionable morals. Basically, you'll find all the ingredients for crazy conflict and plot-development.
While mystery was a very minor part of Spring Fever, it did add to an unpredictable twist. That broke the monotony towards the end of the audiobook which I was glad for. That aside, I think the book explored pretty normal themes of complicated relationships, secrets, family feuds, backstabbing, gold digging and the likes that escalated even more because of the small-town setting. Yet all that was coupled with hope.
Either way, what kept me interested were the dialogues and apparently I really am a sucker for fictional little kids. Real life kids grate on my nerves with their screaming, so in books that layer is removed and actually makes them adorable. Hah. Plus, I wanted to know what the next messed up situation would bring. There were a great deal of those while still keeping the tone fairly light — ideal for my audiobook listening bouts.
