Rating was adjusted down a star, as I’m now 7 years older than I was when I first read these books and I’m now wiser; I don’t know why I continue to re-read them, because the further I get the more annoying I find them. Some of the characters are all right, but the books are all over the place with about 8 storylines going on at once and none of them adequate handled in my opinion. Oh, and Jack and Mel are getting progressively meddlesome and obnoxious. Like, hey people, people don’t want you sticking your noses all up in their business all the time!

Love these series.
Just a comfortable and pleasant read. Kind of like putting on your old comfies and curling up in front of a fire with a steaming cup of hot , listening to the rain patter on a tin roof.. Maybe a westie sitting beside you. Just…… comfortable.
Nice. Peaceful. Relaxed. Content..

Woo boy. This one really didn't work. The main couple (Vanni and Paul sucked) but Carr decides to force in romances for a friend of Paul and Vanni's and then we have too much focus on Jack and Mel, and then we have Walter and a retired Hollywood actress, and I know I am blanking on someone else. We have appearances by Mike, Preacher, and Paige. I have no idea why Carr didn't focus on the main couple. And I have to say that some of the asides in this book about how Jack doesn't feed firefighters who are the "felon" squads ticked me off. Sure, these men are out there trying to keep your home from burning, but don't deserve free food. Carr ticked me off again when she has Mel pro home birth and doesn't talk about the dangers at having home births. We do have something happen, but it's like a blip and forgotten. This book went on way too long. Was so glad to be done with it.

"Second Chance Pass" has Paul Haggerty reeling from the fact he has fallen for his best friend's now widow, Vanessa Rutledge. He has been there and helped Vanessa as she's now trying to raise her baby son and is scared if he tells her how she feels, she will reject them. However, something from Paul's past may cause the couple more problems than anticipated. We also have Mel and Paige both pregnant and readying themselves for their births. The book jumps around to too many characters for you to get a sense for anyone. Vanessa started to annoy me and definitely bugged me after she got on Paul's friend Joe's back about him starting up a romance with a friend of hers who acted like a loon.

This was the first book when I started to get a bit turned off by Virgin River and it's characters. I felt that too many of them were so aggravating I couldn't imagine being around them for more than 5 minutes. Jack is in everyone's business and he and Mel are similar to a soap opera super couple.

There was no real tension in this one I thought. Just a lot of people being dumb about getting together with each other.

In the space of a few months Vanessa buried her husband, Matt, and gave birth to their son--breaking her heart while filling it with a whole new kind of love. But the one man she longs to share this love with now acts as if she doesn't exist.

Paul Haggerty lives by the marine motto: Semper Fi. Ever faithful to his best friend, he's done right by Matt's widow as best he can...considering he's been secretly in love with her for years. Now, just as he's about to make his move, another woman has staked her claim on him--a claim that will be tough to escape.

With courage, humility and not a little meddling from the good folks of Virgin River, Vanni and Paul might just get a second chance to have the love they both desire and deserve.

This was my favorite of the series so far. SOO MUCH GOING ON in this installment! I kept rating the previous books a 4 or 4.5 stars and here we are at book 5, and I have come to the realization that ... im hooked.


So its time to start rating these little addictions 5 stars. I may never read this series again but its just something I am really enjoying right now!

So about the book... it was amazing with twists and turns throughout. I loved the main characters of this book and had no idea how Paul was going to get himself out of the mess that he made. I love that all the other characters from each book join the new books and are still living their best life and get to see whats going on in their world, while learning about the new people. Looking forward to book 6 !!

Really 3.5 stars- this was a good book but when comparing it to. Ms. Carr's other entries in the series, it is much more soap opera structured. The actually plot between the main characters is resolved about 70% of the way through, so we spend the last chunk revisiting old characters, setting up a couple new books/couples, and having high drama that all the characters can participate in. Still, a page turner, and I applaud the detail particularly about fighting wildfires in the end.

This is the story of Paul and Vanni. Matt, Vanni's husband and Paul's best friend was killed in action. Paul had been in love with Vanni since he and Matt met her but Paul didn't speak up fast enough and she and Matt met, fell in love, married, got pregnant and Matt was sent back overseas. After Matt was killed, Paul was afraid to tell Vanni how he felt. A lot of misunderstandings ensue but, of course, they finally get together. There are stories involving Jack and Mel, Joe and Vanni's bff, Nikki. A lot happens in this book keeping me riveted (and shedding more than a few tears). I love this series. We continue to see all the characters from previous books and how their lives are progressing. Would definitely recommend this series to anyone who loves the hometown-type stories.

This one is hard for me. I really enjoyed it, and will probably read it again but I don’t like the dead husband best friend secretly in love steps up trope. I did love Vanni and Paul but I didn’t like that she killed off Matt to bring it about. I think I would have rather had Paul meet someone new who made them fall out of love with Vanni. I really didn’t appreciate Terri lying about who the father was. I really just don’t like reading about people lying about that kind of stuff it’s so hurtful to everyone involved, the dad, the family, and especially the poor kid.

It might be time for me to break up with Virgin River. So many characters and storylines, it was a little ridiculous. And just like the previous book of the series, it was so repetitive - I was skimming often but didn't miss a thing.