Love this book. Great story so far. Looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

5 The Newcomer Stars

YES! I loved this book; I was invested in Mac and Gina from book 1 and was elated to get more of their story in this book.

Phew this book has some heavy issues, and it’s hard to listen to from someone how kind of went through depression at a young age. So I connected a lot with Ashely in this book. But what I loved the most was how her mom stood by her, noticed something was wrong and fought tooth and nail to see her through.

These books Robyn writes are for entertainment sure but they also deal with real issues we face or have faced and it is nice to connect to a character like that.

I can’t wait to see what is to come in the books to follow, I can tell you I ready to start the next book.

Again I am going to gush about Therese Plummer this narrator is FANTASTIC, she brings these characters to life. You can hear the emotion in her voice, it’s what make her such a great story teller.

*You don't have to like my review but its 100% my opinion, and I am allowed to have it.*

First off, I hated Downy. He seemed like such a great guy in the previous novel, with friending Landon when he was being harassed by the football team. Not in this book. Complete and total ass. The more I kept reading about him, the more I wish bad things to happen to him.

I felt so bad for Ashley. How could Downy have claimed to love her and be a party to things his new girlfriend was doing to her?

Cee Jay was a bit odd. She seemed to be able to changes emotions at the drop of a dime. That made me not trust her or her intentions. By the end, I was still left feeling unsure of her and what her plans might be.

Mac and Gina's relationship was pretty uneventful. Sure Mac's ex showed up but it didn't throw a wrench into their relationship like I thought it would. Gina and Mac's biggest issues were blending their families.

Cooper and Sarah also played a large part in this installment, and had some curves come their way. With Sarah, I didn't understand her need to withhold certain information from Cooper. I felt they had a better relationship than that, and she should have felt fine with discussing matters with him sooner. And the curve Cooper was thrown, well he handled it like a champ. He was a real class act. Carr managed to make me love him all the more.

There's only been two books of this series thus far and I've loved both. The characters are so well written that you become invested in their lives and the town. It never fails that when I pick up a Robyn Carr novel, it's like I'm visiting with friends.

I keep thinking she is going to write a bad book and I will not fall in love with it!!!! But she keeps impressing me!!!! This book was great!!! Love all the connections that were made in thunder point!!! ❤️

Once upon a time, several books ago, in a little town named Virgin River, a handsome helicopter pilot named Hank Cooper, aka Cooper, aka Coop, came to town to visit some of the good folks of Virgin River - just long enough to tell us his backstory (a handsome wild man who has never settled down) and relationship to the Virgin River characters (Army buddies of course), and then he got a phone call that his best friend had died and he had to leave town to take care of things, and he never came back. “That was poorly done,” I thought when I finished the series. “Whatever happened to that Cooper guy?” Well. Goddammit. He moved up to a little beach town in Oregon called Thunder Point, where he inherited his best friend’s beach bar and befriended the local deputy sheriff who is a divorced but very handsome dad raising three kids and Deputy Dad is secretly in love with the single mother who lives next door and is his best friend and the mother of his daughter’s best friend. And Single Mom works at the diner where one of the regulars is a beautiful female Coast Guard helicopter pilot who is sad but beautiful and has vowed never to get close to a man again (did I mention she’s beautiful?!)...and now I’ve finished the first two books in this goddamn Thunder Point series. I’m never going to get to the pile of Canada Reads books on my nightstand, am I?!

Excellent. Emotional. Complete. One of the best since the beginnings of the Virgin River series.

I had some huge huge issues with this book, but it's such a lovely town with beautiful characters, and I love that the books have been about the town, and not just focused on one set of people. Great series so far.

I really enjoyed this continuation of the first book in the series. I would be perfectly happy to just continue to follow these characters through the rest of the books in the series. Just a nice, easy read with some serious topics throw in...but not a heavy read at all.

4.5 stars.
This story was even better than book 1. It was a "tying up of loose ends" or dealing with unfinished business kind of book.
Couple 1: Sarah and Cooper were still in the "not fully committed" category thanks to Sarah's trust issues. Pressures at work and a blast from Cooper's past forced the couple to confront their issues and finally define their relationship. It was definitely surprising to see the man in the relationship asking the "is it me? Why won't you commit to me?" kind of questions. But they were a great couple and their chemistry was so believable. I knew their journey wouldntbe seamless but I knew Sarah would come around eventually. I loved what Cooper's ex Bridget brought to this equation. It made this story even better.

Couple 2: Gina and Mac are the real deal, so I wasn't concerned when Mac's ex wife Cee Jay returned to town to reclaim her family after 10 years. I loved how Aunt Lou, Gina, Mac and the kids dealt with this emotional shock. I loved how Gina proactively dealt with Ashley's meltdown and the strength it took girls her to confront her past.

This book further developed the characters we meet in book 1 and demonstrated the authors writing wasn't a fluke. Robyn Carr brought the heat and emotion and humor once again. What a heart warming series. This series is shaping up to be one of my favorites. I've already got audiobook 3 because I'm so stoked about the hero in that book.

This review was originally posted on Addicted To Romance

The Newcomer is the second in the Thunder Point series, and what we have here is pretty much a continuation of the first book. At the end of the first book, we had all four couples admit their feelings for each other. In The Newcomer its been seven months, and we see them together. Technically the story is surrounding Mac and Gina. But there is also focus on Cooper and Sara and a bit on our Teenage romance with Landon and Evie. This story brings a woman from Mac's past, his ex-wife. We see what this does to his children, most especially Evie. We also have something traumatic happen with Gina's daughter that really tests Mac and Gina. Cooper and Sara have their own setback in their relationship. The story even though there technically isn't one main story, I really am loving how this series has been developing. What I had most fun was seeing the development in these relationships, and seeing them being tested in different ways. I enjoyed the different twists in the story, and each time I read Robyn Carr I fall in love even more with this coastal town. It resembles that small town charm, with plenty of drama and tension. I had a ball with this one mostly because we see a continuation of the previous book, only a bit more focus on Mac and Gina. There is some new characters that come into play and some twists I didn't expect. I love the way each of these characters is so unique from the other, and they are not all the same. A fabulous story of love being tested, seeing certain characters grow because of the conflict and having the good and the bad in human life be shown. The Newcomer wrapped its way around my finger and I am so excited to read the next book.