Knit Two by Kate Jacobs (2008, Hardcover)

I bought Kate Jacobs' first book "Friday Night Knitting Club" as a gift and the recipient allowed me to borrow it when she had read it as she thought it was good. I did enjoy it and, therefore, bought "Knit Two" so I could continue reading about the same characters. It's like meeting up with a group of friends. Easy reading and instructions for a knit project and some recipes from the story are included. Kind of an added bonus, I guess. If you're looking for a relaxing read, this is it. I'm looking forward to her next published effort. I hope there is one anyway.

What set Jacobs' first book, The Friday Night Knitting Club apart from some of the frothier chick lit books were two things: 1)Tackling the subject of an interracial relationship with honesty and sensitivity, and 2)Striking a good balance between lighthearted friendships and the seriousness of a cancer. Somehow, she got it right.

Fast-forward five years later, and we have the Sequel, which promises to be an opportunity to learn more about Georgia's friends and her daughter. What we get instead are half-baked plot lines and minimal character development. It is as though Jacobs threw everything she had into the first book, and didn't have anything left for the sequel. Some of the resolutions to dilemmas faced by the characters seem tacked on at the end, as though the author didn't know how to wrap things up. I could imagine Anita, upon seeing what happened to her long-lost sister looking up at the author and yelling, "Oh, come on - you can do better than that!" If you need this book, borrow it from the library. Don't waste your money