“Watching Glass Shatter”: Some secrets are better left buried
Posted: July 21, 2021 Filed under: Book Review, Books, Drama, Review | Tags: Book Review, Family Drama, James J. Cudney, Watching Glass Shatter, Writing to be Read 16 Comments
In Watching Glass Shatter, by James J. Cudney, secrets threaten to destroy a family and a legacy with the solidest of foundations. Olivia is a staunch matriarch who controls with an iron fist, or so some have said. When her husband Ben dies in a car crash, she is forced to take a close look at herself as she struggles to deal with the huge secret that he kept from her in what she thought was an open and honest marraige. Once it is dropped in her lap, she must decide how to handle this new knowledge that has the potential to rip apart the life of one of her five sons and change their familial relationships forever.
Olivia decides to spend some time with each of them before making her final decision, but the closer she gets to her sons the more secrets she learns that her family is harboring from one another, each with the potential to destroy family bonds and crumble all they have worked for. This family drama would be worthy of a television soap-opera series, such as Dynasty or Dallas.
The Glass family is well off, having built up a successful law firm which was to be the family business. Although the story is well-written, it seemed to me that things seemed to resolve a little too easily to be fully believable to me. It is a very different world in which I live, but maybe money does bring with it the solutions to many of life’s difficulties more easily. I give Watching Glass Shatter four quills.
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Hi Kaye, this is a good review of Watching Glass Shatter. I also enjoyed it.
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I found it captivating, Robbie. I’m glad you enjoyed the review. 🙂
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I enjoyed this very much too, nice review Kaye. 🙂
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Hi Marje, Thanks for visiting here, reading and commenting. I’m glad you enjoyed the review. 🙂
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My pleasure Kaye. ❤
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Terrific review Kaye. x
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Thanks, Sally. 🙂
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Wow! Thank you so much for this wonderful review… and for sharing it everywhere. I am so grateful, you have been very kind. 🙂
Things are seemingly wrapped up for all the brothers, but it’s clear in the sequel, not everything was as buttoned up as it appeared. LOL I understand what you are saying!!!
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Guess I will have to read the next book now to see how it all turns out. That’s what we authors do to hook readers and turn them into fans. Nice work. 🙂
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Yes! But next I’ve got one of yours to read. Any preference?
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Not everyone has a taste for westerns, but Hidden Secrets is a paranormal mystery. You might like that one. Or Last Call and Other Short Fiction if paranormal isn’t your bag.
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Picked up Last Call this weekend!
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Great! Thank you. I hope you enjoy the stories within. 🙂
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I did!!! Finished today.
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Hope a gained a fan. Happy reading! 🙂
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Absolutely
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