I no longer remember how I discovered this series. I enjoy spending time with Sparrow Island's residents. This particular book was shared to me by a friend.

The lavender festival sounds like a fun event. I liked the idea of lavender in lemonade, tea, and some foods--I'm not sure I've tried it as a drink or food. In some cases, the scent can be a bit overpowering--so I might have avoided some of the shops indoors that had an abundance of lavender scented products.

I'm glad the fires got the islanders thinking about disaster preparedness--though I wish it hadn't had to be arson fires that did so. (At least a couple of the fires were not arson--the one at the camp that started by dry lightning, Mary's kitchen fire, and a boat motor fire.) I was sorry it made Mary conscious of her disability again--but it was nice that the neighbors redirected that to others in their neighborhood that might need help more than Mary.

I didn't suspect who the arsonist was but I'm not sure we, as readers, were given enough information to solve it until shortly before the identity was revealed. ( )