Review: Never Too Late

Never Too Late by Danielle Steel
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is the second book I've read recently by Ms. Steel that makes me think there is a ghostwriter or multiple ghostwriters are creating her newer books. (According to Google, there are no ghostwriters, only assistants!)

This book does hit all the correct buttons for a romance...very formulaic, but with a very creative story. This time, there are three romances to watch. Two sisters and their mother!


I was a little put off by Ms. Steel using an almost exact copy of 9-11 to push her idea of a sort of 'meet cute' situation.

What truly drove me to distraction was the repetitiveness that shows up not only in the same book but sometimes she repeats herself on the same page. It does make for a lot of filler.

*ARC supplied by the publisher Delacorte Press/Penguin Random House, the author, and NetGalley.

A fine, fast read for the beach.



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SYNOPSIS: "

Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, arrives in New York from San Francisco.  Determined to make a fresh start, she has just completed the sale of her Pacific Heights home, not to mention her husband’s venture capital firm, and in doing so, is also freed from her responsibility as a board member of the company. Bringing with her only a few personal treasures, she is excited to move into the blank slate of a beautiful midtown penthouse, in the city that she has always loved. It is also where her two adult daughters now live.

As Kezia settles into her new apartment, she meets her movie-star next-door neighbor, Sam Stewart, whose terrace borders hers. Just a couple of weeks after she arrives, however, a devastating crisis strikes New York City. Kezia and Sam find themselves connecting over their strong impulse to help those in need. As they share a life-changing experience of volunteering, a bond is sparked and a friendship is formed.

Kezia’s daughters, Kate and Felicity, are taken aback by their mother’s new friendship, both more focused on their own love lives than hers. But Kezia is learning that the changes she’s making are just what she needs to open new horizons.

In this powerful and moving new novel, Danielle Steel illuminates the importance of human connection and embracing brave change, proving it’s never too late for a brand-new start."