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is mynd favorite of J, J. 's books. I loved the story line, Joe and Shawna's story was heart warming, I found some of the parts hilarious and some sad, The ending is great. The first book of J, J. 's that I bought. I learned you have to look past color and wait on God to decide what is best for you, This book also showed how you can bring cultures together, even though you might be different, sometimes, we are the same at heart.
All i know is that I could not put this book down, I cried and laughed, it was a beautiful read, I loved this story it showed the importance of blending family ! I especially enjoyed the fact that they took their time and allowing the children to choose to connect although the parents thought they could just put them together ! Yes at time Shawna seemed a bit bratty but I think she was just being herself along with grieving.
This over all is a believable story Bravo! This was actually a good book even though it took me a couple days to finish it.
But I did enjoy it, Makes me want to read more books by this author, And the ending part with the baby had me smiling, I was happy that Crystal finally came around and started liking Joe, This is the best one yet, Murray really got it this time, I have been a fan since "Renee and Jay" but this one blew my mind, Finally and IR romance that was not so focused on the characters pigment differences, but focused on the difficulties of having to sacrifice and compromise in order to have a meaningful relationship.
I cried at the end of this one, If you've never been into IR romance, this is where you should start, Not bad at all but not excellent either, I mean I finished it but I guess I just don't fit the demographic, If I were a single mom I probably would have enjoyed it more,.star read So far I am enjoying this I really enjoyed this book, It made me laugh and cry, Joe is a newly widowed father of three kids, He is very religious and trying to figure out how to go on, His oldest has turned from a beautiful outgoing girl to a troubled goth, His middle son has turned to his books and the youngest Joey is just acting out in really aggressive ways, Shawna is a widowed mother of three also who is living in an apartment with many different cultures and running a website to help other parents get through losing a loved one.
Shawna oldest is very overprotective of her fathers memory not wanting her to date or even talk to another man, Her middle son is what I call very zen and understanding, The youngest doesn't remember her father so she is just waiting to find someone to take that spot,
Joe goes to the website for support and finds no one that that actually gives it but Shawna, The first email touches both of them and inevitably turns into both of them confiding in each other, What they don't realize is that they live in the same town, their kids already know each other and they are of different races.

What happens next is a sequence of meetings, dates and fights trying to integrate the two families because they have both realized that they were brought together by God.

I loved the way the author gave insight into both races and families, Each family had the stereotypical child white goth, black hoochie, While they tried to integrate they showed how different each race was but that with God they were able to find common ground.

I really loved this book, It was a great read, Shawna Mitchells husband Rodney died from colon cancer eight years ago, leaving her with two children and one on the way, For eight years shes been the superwoman that all single mothers must be,

Joe Murphys wife Cheryl died from breast cancer six months ago, He never appreciated her as much in life as he does after her death, She was the glue that held the family together, Since her death, the children have been simmering in their grief and Joes overwhelmed,

Coping with the lost of his wife and the children he once knew, Joe turns to the internet with one short heartfelt cry for prayer on the LivingWithDeath.
com website.

Shawna, who feels led by God to help others through what shes been through via the website, answers his letter with a simple, “Ill pray for you” and a suggestion that they have a family meeting.


From that one simple request Shawna and Joe discover how to let go and let God reign over their lives,

“Too Much Of A Good Thing” is a sweet, and I dont mean as in “cutesy,” inspirational romance from the one and only Mr.
J. J. Murray.

Mr. Murray takes us on a journey of how grief can effect a family not only immediately after the death of a loved one, as shown through Joes eyes and his childrens reaction to his decision to move on with his life sooner, rather than later.
But years later, as Shawna tells her children that shes fallen in love with a man shes met online and her eldest child, Crystal, the ultimate Daddys girl, announces that shed rather move out than see her Mother with another man.


He then goes on to explore the blending of families, How to blend them, and blend them well, How the parents, children and even the extended families have to learn to compromise and explore the world outside of their comfort zone on each and every level of their lives.


Joe and Shawna were truly the guy and girl next door who lived in a culturally diverse neighborhood so similar to my own, that Im tempted to take a walk up the street.
And for the first time ever, I read a book that featured children, rather than adults as major secondary characters and I absolutely loved them, understood their pain and celebrated their successes.


But having said all that, Im sure what you really want to know is that I enjoyed “Too Much Of A Good Thing” immensely.
It frequently left me in tears, Tears brought on not by sadness, but because of the sweet beauty of the words on the page before me, You know what I mean, As youre reading the words before you, you smile and sniff, put your hand to your chest briefly and say, “Ooh,” then grab a tissue before the tear hits the page.
Yeahit was THAT good.
I want to like J, J. Murray, I really do. This is the second book I have read of his, I love the story and the concept, it just seems as though he is very long winded getting the story set up and then at the very end he hits you with all this information.
To Much of a Good Thing is all I expected it to be with its biracial couple, I think the only complaint I had about this book was that there situations were to alike when I wanted them to be completely different.
The two main characters are Shawna and Joe both widowed and also they both havechildren, They have to go through a lot of decisions to finally be happy, One of the big decisions are that therechildren combined makeand there children's reaction to having a different color step mom or step dad.
There are

alot of controversy between there families and to add on to that theredaughters have a history of not liking each other while going to the same high school.

Shawna and Joe are the same but different in little ways they both have a strong relation with god and there families which I thought was a good foundation for both characters.
But since these are two adults looking towards the future they decide to get married, But since they have a strong relationships with both there families they go and announce that they are married, So both families have different opinions on the other person so visit while Shawna's family doesn't like the fact that Shawna new man is white, but Joe's parents are in love with Shawna and are just happy to see there son happy.

The book To Much of a Good Thing was a really quick read with its witty thoughts and fast motion ideas, This was my first biracial book I've ever read and it made me want to read more books like it, I would tell anyone to read this book if they just wanted a book to read on the poolside, I hope this review helps you get a a feel on what this book is about and encourages you to read it,










Joe Murphy
Shawna Mitchell,