Book Review // The Southern Side of Paradise

**Thank you to Galley Books and NetGalley for providing this gifted copy!

Rating: 4/5

Synopsis:

"With the man of her dreams back in her life and all three of her daughters happy, Ansley Murphy should be content. But she can’t help but feel like it’s all a little too good to be true.

Meanwhile, youngest daughter and actress Emerson, who is recently engaged and has just landed the role of a lifetime, seemingly has the world by the tail. Only, something she can’t quite put her finger on is worrying her—and it has nothing to do with her recent health scare.

When two new women arrive in Peachtree Bluff—one who has the potential to wreck Ansley’s happiness and one who could tear Emerson’s world apart—everything is put in perspective. And after secrets that were never meant to be told come to light, the powerful bond between the Murphy sisters and their mother comes crumbling down, testing their devotion to each other and forcing them to evaluate the meaning of family." -Amazon.com

Review:

Concluding the Peachtree Bluff series, The Southern Side of Paradise gives us all the closure that we need. In this book, the dialogue goes back and forth between Ansley and Emerson. The continued drama between Ansley and Jack carries through majority of the story, but there comes a point when Ansley needs to choose Jack over her daughters, and not the other way around like she has been since Jack came back into her life. As for Emerson, she is in a difficult place trying to decide if a future with Mark is what she really wants. Her Uncle Scott explains it perfectly, that her success would be his failure, and her failure would be his success. That is not how marriage works and Emerson slowly figures out that what she wants is to be an actor in LA and not to be tied down living in Peachtree.

I absolutely loved this series and really have nothing negative to say about it! The interactions between Ansley and her daughters was so natural and endearing and comical at times. Out of all the books, I would probably say this one, #3 was my least favorite, only that the drama between Ansley and Jack and their big secret was getting old. The song and dance of telling or not telling the girls about the truth of their biological father was getting exhausting. I was so happy when it all started to unravel. The truth will set you free! 

This series was southern charm at its finest. I cannot wait to see what Kristy Woodson Harvey has lined up for her next novel.