The Island of Excess Love

Reviewed by: Sally Holt - Raymond Village Library, Raymond, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 21, 2014

Review

Follow up novel to Love in the Time of Global Warming. Not a stand alone novel. For the mature as the book uses the F word many times. And also includes some graphic sex scenes. The main character in the book has lost her parents and her eye and has found peace with her brother and friends in a Pink House overlooking the ocean. Until one day a ship appears off shore and bad things begin to happen. They are entranced by the ship and board it and Penn finds herself fighting to overcome great temptation in order to be reunited with her loved ones. Though I found the writing very good and enjoyed the interpretation of the book as it relates to Virgil's Aeneid, I found it a bit confusing, probably because it is the follow up novel.

Overall Book Score: good