Review of The Reel Sisters

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Review of The Reel Sisters

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[Following is a volunteer review of "The Reel Sisters" by Michelle Cummings.]
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4 out of 4 stars
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Who is a friend? Is friendship relation important in people’s lives? The Reel Sisters by Michelle Cummings is a beautifully woven and interesting historical fiction novel about five women: Sophie, Veronica, Rose, Amanda, and Melody. Their friendship is created out of their passion towards fly-fishing.

Sophie, a farm girl from the great state of Kansas, is the protagonist of the story—this is because through her, we are introduced to the rest of the women. She is moving out to Colorado to start a greenhouse and a nursery business. While in Colorado, she meets Rose at the fly shop, and they dramatically became great friends. After a conversation of about ten minutes, Rose invites Sophie to go fishing on the Arkansas River, where she owns a cabin. Moreover, she taught her more about fishing and life in general. Veronica is the CEO of her company. She was introduced to the fly-fishing sport while heading to a conference by Sophie. Amanda works as an elementary teacher. Melody is a freelancer and a photographer. She becomes one of them after being saved from drowning.

This book is enjoyable and engaging, hence, I read it all in one sitting. It is divided into ten sections (Gearing Up, Fly-Fishing in a River, Little Rivers, Sharing, Practice, A Perfect Cast, The Joy of Going Solo, Striking, Playing, and Landing, Catch and Release, and The Present and Years Ahead—Ethics and Manners). Moreover, educative quotes about fly-fishing have been included at the start of each section. Indeed, Michelle Cummings is a talented author: she uses dialogues to enhance the flow of the story from the start to the end of the story.

Genuinely, there is nothing I disliked about this heartwarming book. The characters were well-developed. The language used is simple and easy, hence, it is easy to comprehend the whole story. My most-liked character in the book is Rose. She is motherly and caring. Topics of family, love, education, work, leisure, betrayal, friendship, and death have been portrayed in the book.

I wholeheartedly rate The Reel Sisters 4 out of 4 stars. It was exceptionally well edited, as I could not find any grammatical errors in it. The book’s cover and its title could easily catch my attention. I recommend this intriguing book to all adult readers who enjoy reading adventurous stories. Also, to those who would like to venture into fly-fishing sport: it contains a lot information about fly-fishing.

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I would love to know more about these women, their friendship with each other and the circumstances that brought them together.
Thank you for a wonderful review.
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I would love to read this book to know about the stories of these women and their awesome friendship. It seems they are all strong women who somehow felt a connection between them. Thanks for the great review.
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Reading the entire book in one sitting is always a fantastic recommendation! I look forward to learning more about this group of women. I love the title's play on words (reel/real sisters.) Great review!
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This looks like a truly heartwarming book with a fun punny title. Sophie and Rose sound like very interesting characters. Thanks for the great review.
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Although I have no intentions of going fly-fishing (I will never say never), I did enjoy those quotes at the start of each section. :fish: Thank you for your take on this read!
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I enjoyed reading this book too. And your take on it. Great review!
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kdstrack wrote: 12 Sep 2021, 20:52 Reading the entire book in one sitting is always a fantastic recommendation! I look forward to learning more about this group of women. I love the title's play on words (reel/real sisters.) Great review!
Thanks for your observation. It a great read and hope you will like it.
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I reviewed this book as well, sadly an exceed in word count prevented it from seeing the light of day :doh:
Anyway thanks for your opinion on the book :)
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I want to know more about the five women, what will happen to them? I bet reading this will give me a great time. Your review was excellently written.
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