The Peach Keeper

by Sarah Addison Allen

[Joséphine]

This was such a dull book. Since I didn't hate it though, I'm going with 2 stars.

The Peach Keeper was predictable, containing the expected Southern "unsolved" murder twist and "doomed" romance that eventually works out anyway. The characters weren't particularly memorable and the events mostly plodded along with little excitement. One point of contention I did have was the flippant representation of a gay character. He ended up with his best friend of a woman because he wasn't actually gay. There was a lot of fallback on their high school years too, even though at 30-ish years old, they could've had more recent memories that bound their relationships.

It also took a lot of time to get used to the narrator. At first she sounded like she was constantly out of breath. That made me feel rather out of sorts but I ploughed on because I was looking for an audiobook to accompany me on errands.