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.
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