When adored town spinster Joy Talley ends up in a coma after a peculiar accident, she is surprised and incensed to hear what is being said in her hospital room, including plans for her funeral. When she finally wakes, her well-meaning, but bossy, brothers and sisters dismiss her claims, thinking her accident has knocked her off her rocker, but Joy has never felt better, and is determined to set the past right.
Now Joy must face her darkest secret and risk reopening wounds caused by an old flame who rejected her more than twenty years ago. But taking risks brings change, as well as a new, younger man into Joy’s life, making her feel like a teenager again. Suddenly Joy’s once humdrum life is anything but boring and routine and the future beckons, exhilarating and bright.
Review: I was given a copy of Waking Up Joy for an honest review and this is my review. I really don't know what to think or feel about this book. There were parts where I found myself laughing out loud and other parts I was asking myself why am I still reading this book? First off I felt that the secret Joy was keeping was dragged on way to long and it was getting to the point where I just wanted the book to end to put that secret out of my misery and then when it did come out I felt like it could have been done a bit better with the huge build up to it. Then Joy herself was such a wishy washy character by the end of the book I really did not like her at all. I find myself like strong female characters and Joy was everything but one and I wanted her to go far far away by the end of the book. The concept of the story was good and the overall plot was okay but for me this book lacked the IT factor that I look for in book that grabs my attention and holds it throughout the entire story and that is why I have to give Waking Up Joy three out of five stars.
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