I was a little wary of The Off Season. I liked Dairy Queen pretty well but I was worried about the sequel. There were a lot of “issues” brought up in Dairy Queen and I just wasn’t sure the sequel would handle them the way I wanted it to. If anything, The Off Season was better than Dairy Queen.
I was particularly pleased with the relationship between DJ and Brian and how that entire thing played out. I was even more impressed with the handling of Amber & Dale’s relationship and how DJ adjusted to that. (Very very amused by the end, when the women were cleaning up Thanksgiving dinner to a cd by “Melissa something”. Ha. Excellent.)
I’d love to say “I can’t wait for the next book” but I’m worried. The curse of the third book might strike here. I’m thinking Murdock should quit while she’s ahead with DJ and family.
Oh good! I haven’t got my hands on a copy yet. Yay! I’m glad it’s worth reading. 🙂
And there’s got to be *some* series that doesn’t fall prey to Third Book Syndrome. Let see…um…hmmm…well the third book in the Pink Carnation series was fine. Although I’m not loving the cover to the 4th one so maybe it was just bumped by a book…