Lawyer for the Dog: A Novel by Lee Robinson

One of the sharpest attorneys in Charleston, S.C., Sally Baynard isn’t your typical southern belle. She’s certainly not what her mother hoped she’d grow up to be, especially since she divorced her husband, Family Court Judge Joe Baynard, and his historic family with their historic wealth and historic houses. Maybe Sally was never going to be a proper society lady, but her success as a public defender and family lawyer have been enough for her. She’s represented murderers, burglars, drug dealers and lately has taken on some of the thorniest divorces, all cases closed with her Sally Bright Baynard wit, charm and brains. 
Or have they? One case she’s never successfully closed is her marriage. And when Judge Joe assigns her to one of his divorce cases by appointing her as the Lawyer for the Dog -- Sherman, a miniature schnauzer-- she’s forced into close quarters with him again. Juggling the needs of the dog, the angry owners, her amorous but uncommunicative ex-husband, her aging, Alzheimer’s-ridden mother, and the expectations of the court is more than Sally could have imagined. And as rascally Sherman digs his way into Sally’s heart, he brings along his charming vet Tony, a man who makes Sally question her views on love and marriage.

 Review:  I was given an ARC of Lawyer for the Dog from NetGalley for an honest review and this is the review.
I had mixed feelings for this book. I thought it was pretty good and even though it was a short book it seemed to drag on for me or maybe I was just not totally feeling the book as well as I was hoping I would. I enjoyed parts of the book a lot, I thought the idea of being a lawyer for a dog when a couple was fighting over him was clever and Sherman sounded like an adorable pooch but some other things like some of the lawyers other crazy clients I really saw no use for and I wish more focus would have been on her love life, her mom, or the Dog.
It is because of this I am giving this three out of five stars.