JG's Reviews > Mending Fences

*3.5 stars*

Mending Fences is about childhood BFFs who reconnect after more than twenty years in the most unusual way. Mandy and Daniel were inseparable one summer in their childhood. They lost touch since their lives took them into different directions. The remaining physical thing that connected them, Crawford Mansion, has become neglected and rumor has it that it will be sold soon. Mandy hard at work for her MFA decided that the last subject for her portfolio would be that Mansion but first she had to get good photos of it without actually trespassing. Kind of hard to straddle a fence when you're wearing a vintage skirt. Unfortunately she gets caught and accused of the very same thing she was trying to avoid by the very same boy she had one unforgettable summer with, Daniel Crawford. Daniel never thought he would be back at the same place he spent a summer after a tragic event. He just wants to get rid of the property as quickly as possible. He never thought that an obstacle by the name of Mandy would be in the way. The very same little girl who made his stay in this place memorable. When did she become so grown up? As Mandy and Daniel reconnect and try to build a more adult relationship, they start realizing that life was so much easier when they were children. Can they make it work despite all the obstacles facing them?

Mending Fences is a sweet romance, the MCs are quite well developed and the plot is cute. There were just a lot of plot devices used as obstacles making our MCs budding relationship harder to move forward. Also it did take away on how Daniel and Mandy become a romantic couple considering they were like six and seven when they first met and lost touch after that. Still Mending Fences was definitely well written with very engaging characters. It's a great lighthearted romantic read.

*Mending Fences is part of the Destined for Romance: Mansion series, which are novellas whose storyline/plot centers around Mansions. They can be read as standalones*

*ARC provided*