Booksneeze- Secretly Smitten

"Secretly Smitten" is a sequel to "Smitten" by Colleen Coble, Kristen Billerbeck, Denise Hunter, and Dianne Hunt. Secretly Smitten is the story of three sister- Tess, Clare and Zoe- and their mother Anna falling in love and getting over their many insecurities. Also, the mystery of the dog tags found in the attic- dog tags of their grandmother's presumed dead first love. How did the dog tags get there, and is her grandmother's first love still alive? And if he didn't survive the war, how did the dog tags get there?

 Secretly Smitten was very quick-paced. The love stories were rushed, the "mystery" was subtle and barely there. I felt like I never really knew the characters, other than their various insecurities. I'm not saying there is a problem with having insecurities, and like a good emotional problem in a book. But they were too main stream, and just blurted out in one chapter and solved within the next one. It was kind of annoying.

   I'm not saying the whole book is bad, there are still some really sweet love stories. But the first book, " Smitten" is definitely the better of the two.