The latest book I’m going to talk about is The Happy Camper in which we meet Dillon Michaels, who is heading out to her grandfather’s farm after a serious bump in the road of her life. She’s looking forward to her time there but when she arrives she finds that her eccentric mother has beaten her to it, and seems to be settling in for a long stay of her own. With nowhere to sleep but the sofa, things change when her grandfather gives her his dilapidated vintage caravan and she sets out to restore it. In the process she meets Jordan Atwood, owner of the nearby hardware store and fellow vintage trailer fan. Their friendship begins to develop as he helps her with the materials and knowledge to repair her trailer, but local girl Vivian – who owns the fanciest vintage trailer in town - doesn’t seem too happy about it.
You know what you’re getting with a Melody Carlson novel. Her stories are light reading, perfect for those dark evenings when you’re longing for the signs of spring. The settings are well described and the characters have enough complexity and depth to keep them believable and the required-but-not-too-trite misunderstandings and resolutions. I’m a camper myself, and I absolutely love the way the vintage trailer of this book is a character in itself. The details of the restoration are beautifully laid out, and I could almost picture the van, and the other vans described in the story.
9780800737238, Revell, Published April 2020.
For transparency, I work with Revell books in the UK, but I am not required to write any specific review. All views herein are my own.
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