Crestmont by Holly Weiss

I won this book on a Goodreads Giveaway.

Crestmont started off a little slow, but by the third chapter things picked up and I was able to get into the story of Gracie, a young woman with dreams of a life on stage who ends up working at the beautiful Cresmont Inn to save some money.

While I liked the book, I didn't love it and there were a few things that detracted from the story for me. The first was Mrs. Woods (the owner of the Crestmont along with her husband) seemed to be a wild card of a character. Sometimes she would get mad at Gracie and hold a grudge, then the next day everything would suddenly be fine. Also, the book was slow in some parts but then glossed over what I thought would be big events.

The last thing that kind of detracted from the story is nitpicky on my part, but the math didn't add up. When Gracie left home in 1925 she was 22, she turned 23 in August of 1925, yet in 1927 she was still 23 and celebrated her 24th birthday. She should have been 24 going to 25 in 1927.

All in all though it was a good story and one that I enjoyed reading. 3.5 stars from me.