This was a random library loan and could be a case-study in false advertisement.

I picked out this book because I liked the cover and upon further inspection, the synopsis seemed promising. Boy was I wrong.

Now, feel free to stop reading here—I’ll sum it up:
Overall, absolutely nothing at all happens in this book, so it’s sort of a pointless use of one’s time, and it’s dull. Not bad, per se, but absolutely not good. 2 stars for "disappointing".

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Now to back up what I said about the synopsis being false advertisement—in case this spoils anything for you, I’ll post it a bit lower. (I’m being overly cautious here, as there’s truly nothing to spoil.

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Synopsis, “It's one precious week: everything is in balance; everything is in flux. And when Rocky comes face to face with her family’s history and future, she is forced to accept that she can no longer hide her secrets from the people she loves.”

This didn’t really happen. Her “family history” was mentioned in passing and not that surprising given her heritage and age—this happened to all of us, no?
As for secrets she can “no longer hide”, her husband, when told, completely didn’t care, it was very anticlimactic and it was all just mentioned in passing. Not the key plot point the ad-copy promises.

Synopsis, “Their humble beach-town rental has been the site of sweet memories, sunny days, great meals, and messes of all kinds: emotional, marital, and—thanks to the cottage’s ancient plumbing—septic too.”

One again … a slight issue with the septic was mentioned in passing just a time or two. Nothing was shown and there was no hilarity here whatsoever.

I’ll give one more example:
Synopsis, “ And then a chain of events sends Rocky into the past, reliving both the tenderness and sorrow of a handful of long-ago summers.”

This is an all-out lie. There was no ‘chain of events’. There were literally NO events in this book whatsoever.