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A review by parklandmom
The Secret to Happiness by Suzanne Woods Fisher
4.0
Completed: Jan. 30/25
Series: Cape Cod Creamery, #2
Format: Audiobook borrow from Everand
Challenge Prompt: TBBS's "a book with a baking theme" - baking, ice cream making, and cooking are all elements of this novel
Book #13 of 2024: This is the middle book in a nice series centered around an ice cream business taken on by a widow and her daughter. This novel went beyond romance and actually focused more on personal and health issues.
This novel is largely about Callie, the niece to Marnie and cousin to Dawn from book 1. She is an accomplished executive chef at a young age who has lost her job and her way. Plagued and scared by a secret she's holding, she goes to see her aunt and cousin.
Gone is the vivacious, effervescent, positive person they've always known. She is a shell of her former self. Through patience and support, along with "positivity classes," based on a self-help book, Callie seeks to find the key to happiness.
I am not a fan of self-help books so I was a little concerned about that aspect. However, Bruno (author said book) is just so sincere and real that the reader can't help but respect him.
Callie's journey isn't smooth or without peaks and valleys. Like real life! Bruno is unwavering in his support as are Marnie and Dawn. However, Dawn's is more from a selfish perspective due to a lifetime of competitiveness with Callie.
Leo, a young boy, is the bonus within this novel. You can't help but fall in love with him just as Callie did. I also appreciated seeing a couple different groups of people working together as a unit, stronger together. Dawn and Marnie remain as central characters in this book as well.
The novel comes around to highlight that God's mercy, love, and direction are central to true happiness and peace. He can work through adults, children, books, life-altering moments, and everything else.
Series: Cape Cod Creamery, #2
Format: Audiobook borrow from Everand
Challenge Prompt: TBBS's "a book with a baking theme" - baking, ice cream making, and cooking are all elements of this novel
Book #13 of 2024: This is the middle book in a nice series centered around an ice cream business taken on by a widow and her daughter. This novel went beyond romance and actually focused more on personal and health issues.
This novel is largely about Callie, the niece to Marnie and cousin to Dawn from book 1. She is an accomplished executive chef at a young age who has lost her job and her way. Plagued and scared by a secret she's holding, she goes to see her aunt and cousin.
Gone is the vivacious, effervescent, positive person they've always known. She is a shell of her former self. Through patience and support, along with "positivity classes," based on a self-help book, Callie seeks to find the key to happiness.
I am not a fan of self-help books so I was a little concerned about that aspect. However, Bruno (author said book) is just so sincere and real that the reader can't help but respect him.
Callie's journey isn't smooth or without peaks and valleys. Like real life! Bruno is unwavering in his support as are Marnie and Dawn. However, Dawn's is more from a selfish perspective due to a lifetime of competitiveness with Callie.
Leo, a young boy, is the bonus within this novel. You can't help but fall in love with him just as Callie did. I also appreciated seeing a couple different groups of people working together as a unit, stronger together. Dawn and Marnie remain as central characters in this book as well.
The novel comes around to highlight that God's mercy, love, and direction are central to true happiness and peace. He can work through adults, children, books, life-altering moments, and everything else.