Secretly Smitten

Secretly Smitten is the second book in a series about the fictional town of Smitten, Vermont.  Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, Diann Hunt, and Denise Hunter are the authors, with each one focusing on a particular character in the book.

The authors are all contributors to a blog, Girls Write Out, which I read on a regular basis, so I am somewhat familiar with their personalities.  In the first book in the series, Smitten, each author's personality is reflected in the character she writes.  

It was interesting to compare the different writing styles of the authors, but the book as a whole wasn't really very deep or satisfying.  It was pretty much standard romance fare with a little mystery thrown in.  The peripheral characters didn't seem to be fleshed out.  It would have been nice to have some memory-refreshing about recurring characters from the first book, as well.  It had been so long since I read Smitten, that I could only remember snatches of what had happened previously. 

Of the four authors, I have read mostly Kristin Billerbeck's books and enjoyed them.  Her specialty is chick lit, but she has written outside that genre also.  She has a blog of her own that I also read regularly, www.girlygirl.typepad.com.