The action takes a more serious turn in volume 3 of the serial novel Elderberry Croft by Becky Doughty. Once
again, we turn our attention to characters who were previously introduced
briefly but are now developed in much more detail. Park manager Eddie’s younger
brother Donny is the main character of July Madness.
Donny is more handsome and charismatic than his brother, but he is having
trouble finding his place in life even in the very forgiving Coach House
Trailer Park community. In August Memories,
Al is faced with a dilemma that stretches the abilities of even Willow Goodhope
to help, but like Donny he is given a glimmer of hope. This episode also
reveals much more about Willow’s past, but in many ways the mystery just gets
deeper. In September Longing,
Willow reaps some of the good will she has sown in the community as Prudence
and Carney support her in a difficult situation.
After finishing volume 3, I felt sorry that the series is drawing to a
close but happy that I still get to savor three more monthly episodes in volume
4. Volume 3 definitely leaves you ready to pick up volume 4 to see how the
story line will play out. In the ebook I did notice several minor errors that
should have been picked up during copyediting, especially in the July Madness episode, which was somewhat
surprising given that the two earlier volumes were carefully edited. But it was
easy enough to figure out what the correct word was and move on with the story.
Originally published month by month on Becky Doughty’s blog beckydoughty.com, the individual episodes July Madness, August Memories,
and September Longing
are still available there. Volume 3 is available at an ebook in the usual
places including Amazon,
Barnes
and Noble, Kobo,
and Smashwords. The whole series of 12 episodes may be
purchased as a single
ebook volume or as a paperback
book.
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