I read 50% of this but ended up needing to DNF it. It just wasn't for me but there wasn't anything outwardly wrong with it. It felt long, dragged on, and I honestly dreaded opening it. It's not a long book, so it really could just be me.

*I received this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*

I lived in Vermont for many years so I'm always excited to read a book that takes place in one of the many small towns there. I had mixed feelings about this book as I read it because it sometimes felt choppy and disjointed. The storyline is familiar to me as I lived there during the "Take Back Vermont" years. And the dynamics of the town ring true. What didn't ring true was Mona's relationship with her ex-husband and that thread seemed almost incidental to the rest of the story. But the characters and the setting are great and I could easily picture it all in my head. I think the author tried to include too much in one story and in this case less would have been more.

Thank you to NetGalley for an advance copy of this book. It's always great to read a Vermont story.

Mona has run the little store next to the covered bridge on while Mountain for the past nine years but she is loved that bridge in her home all of her life. When frozen ice takes the bridge out and some of the locals refuse to want to rebuild it as it was originally she will find friends and much more in the strangest of places but when her ex Johnny O. Comes back giving her the same old creepy frightening feelings she just wish she would go away but unlike previous times for this time she will not be alone not being protected from Johnny O. nor forgetting her beloved bridge built back up. This story was written about while mountain in Vermont and there is so much more to the story such as LGBTQ rights arguments over local taxes and so much more no summary I could do would do this book justice but just know they have a later in life romance that I swooned over and this is so worth reading. It almost reads like a story from simpler times but it is modern day and oh so good! I receive this book from NetGalley and the publisher but I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.