Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
What a complete fun ride this book was! I love Monaghan’s voice and it shines through in this novel. This is the story of Dolly, a single mom to Gus, competent daughter to a dad who’s set in his ways, and sister to a brother who doesn’t like to leave the front porch (or wear pants), and she has a sister too who lives further away and is not involved enough.
When her childhood house almost burns down, Dolly comes home to help out her Dad for the summer. A chance encounter where she’s helping Stewart (the rich son of the rich family their island is named after) turns into a thing and Dolly gets an offer she can’t refuse because it will mean she can truly help her dad and make sure her house is saved.
And of course things don’t go as planned. There’s so much good in this book but the best part, for me, is what an awesome character Dolly is. She’s strong, kind, capable and will not take crap from anyone. I love her.
Monaghan knows how to write characters and she knows how to do dialogue. She made me laugh and feel so much joy while reading this one.
with gratitude to netgalley and G.P. Putnam’s Sons for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
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