Rating: 2 stars
Cover synopsis: A mix of fact and fiction as the author imagines a summer lost to history, a summer that would inspire the story of love and heartbreak between Jo and Laurie in Little Women.
The premise was intriguing to me -- a love story about Louisa May Alcott that she didn't want anyone to know about so she destroyed all evidence of it from letters and her journal.
The book started off well enough, and I enjoyed learning more about Alcott's family, particularly her father and sisters. But the writing was lackluster and too sappy for my taste. I would have given the book 3 stars were it not for the author taking such outrageous liberties with Louisa's character, making her do something entirely unbelievable. Sigh.
