So I happened to like The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise by Julia Stuart. I was a little nervous to actually start reading it because I let Janelle talk to me about it before I started and she wasn't loving it. I think it tainted my expectations. I actually appreciated it though because it made my expectations more realistic so I wasn't disappointed.
The story started good and ended good for me. I could have done without the middle section. There wasn't a point to it really. Although the main characters were Hebe and Balthazar I was more into all the other little love stories throughout the book. I would say that the main theme of this book is that love prevails because everyone ends up happy in the end. My favorite characters were Valerie Jennings and her lover. Their story was the cutest. I was a little disappointed how the other wrapped up the storyline of the dead son. She had me hooked on it the entire book and then the end was like ...and Balthazar cried and he cried a lot and it's all good now. I was kind of like really, that's it.
I would give this book 2.5 out of 5. It just took a while to get to the point.
