The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah - Reshelved Books

Hello Deweys! 

The July Once Upon a Book Box came in the mail *yay*!!!! A new book & new gifts that go along with the pages!  What could possibly be more exciting?! Nothing.  Nothing could ever be more exciting.

This month's book selection was Ann Mah's The Lost Vintage.  The gifts were ADORABLE and perhaps even better than last month's which surprised even me, but the book was... eh.

This novel takes place on a winery in France and jumps between the present and the historical time period of WWII.  I'm not a big fan of historical fiction.  I did read The Nightingale and the Lilac Girls, and wasn't blown away by them either (even though I adore Kristin Hannah). So that's probably why I was eh about this one.

So about the novel: Kate live in California, but travels back to France where her family and past love interest live on a winery as she studies for her Master of Wine exam.  In this exam, the applicant must identify different wines and the regions they come from purely by taste.  Then, while in the basement of the winery, Kate discovers bottles and bottles of wine from the WWII era hidden away in a "cave."

During WWII, Helene and her father hid the bottles of wine to protect them from getting into the hands of the Nazis.  Helene and her father were part of the resistance, but her stepmother was a sympathizer....

This novel picked up in pace about 2/3 of the way through, but I just didn't love reading it.  

So Dewey's I'm giving it 2 out of 5 Coffee Beans. 
   
Until the next read!
~Jessica