A Most Noble Heir Book Review

                                                            A Most Noble Heir by Susan Anne Mason is a historical novel set in England in the 1880s. It centers around the main character Nolan Price, who is a lowly stable hand for a well to do estate. But his life drastically changes when his mother tells him who his father is on her deathbed. Shocked by news and feeling as if everything he has worked toward is being diminished within minutes of this news. Nolan has no clue as to what to do next and what the next step for him in life will be. He use to have it all planned out, he would marry Hannah and they would live on a farm of their own. But now things were looking immensely different.

So I’ll be honest and say that the beginning is slow. Even though Nolan finds out who his father is in the first couple chapters, I feel as if it was very boring as to how it was conveyed. I felt I was being dragged through this story. I didn’t feel connected to the main characters, Nolan and Hannah. And I wasn’t too keen on their romance.

Maybe if we were first introduced to the characters and got to know them more, I would have sympathized with them and their situation. But with that being said I thought the book was okay. I didn’t care for it much but I know that some people would enjoy this book, I was just not one of them.

I received this book from Bethany House for my honest opinion.

A Light on the Hill Book Review

                                                                                         A Light on the Hill by Connilyn Cossette takes place right after the third book in the Out of Egypt series, Wings of the Wind. I loved the Out of Egypt series and was looking forward to the next series. I love that she continued the characters in the companion series.

Cossette’s writing immediately encaptures you into the stories and time period. You feel for the character and what she's going through. Right for chapter one you are thrown into the head first and it doesn’t stop. I read this book within two day, it was that good!

I also love that Cossette’s books are historically and Biblically accurate. As I was reading I could see how much research she put into this. Being the history nerd I am, I love to know that the historical fiction novels I read are historically accurate. I loved getting to know the culture and the cities of refuge more.

The complexity in this story is amazing! As more events start to unfold and layers of the story surface it's hard to put down. You just want to keep reading and reading, until before you know it, you’re finished.

I hated to see this book end. I loved Moriyah and Darek’s story and how there seemed no solution in the end. And at times I was questioning whether or not her story would end well. I loved this book to the very end and am greatly looking forward to reading the next one in the series.   I received this book from Bethany House for my honest opinion.

Out of the Ashes Book Review

                Out of the Ashes by Tracie Peterson & Kimberly Woodhouse is the second book in the Heart of Alaska series. Although I have not read the first book in this series, In the shadow of Denali, this is a series where you don’t necessarily have to read them all. That being said, I usually prefer reading series from start to finish, but in this case I didn’t.

                I sort of have mixed feelings about this book. And most of those feelings are not good ones. I have read several Tracie Peterson books in the past and have enjoyed them.  They tend to be light, quick reads, which is great. But Out of the Ashes just wasn’t doing anything for me. It defiantly had potential in the beginning. But once I got further in to the story I became disinterested.

                When I read the synopsis of this book I was assuming that they story would focus around the main characters, Jean-Michel and Katherine. But instead most of the book is centered on the characters from book one, Cassidy, Allan, and others. When I just wanted to read about Katherine and Jean-Michel, it would shift to other characters that frankly, I didn’t care about. I get that it is a second book in the series and that the characters carried over to this one, but I would have liked the influence to have heavily been on Katherine and Jean-Michel, with the other characters sprinkled in. I also felt like there were a lot of unnecessary characters that the story didn’t really need to keep it flowing.  

                So I had a lot of problems with this book unfortunately. I liked the “main” characters Katherine and Jean-Michel, but the others not so much. I was more interested and Katherine and Jean-Michel’s past and felt like that could have been delved into deeper and made for more of a substantial read.

I received this book from Bethany House for my honest opinion.

The House on Foster Hill Book Review

                                                                       The House on Foster Hill by Jamie Jo Wright is a fast-paced compelling mystery that kept me turning the pages. Right from the start you’re engrossed into two different story-lines, each one equally mysterious.

                I love a good mystery novel and one definitely didn’t disappoint. From the very first chapter I was invested into the story and characters. I love how Wright wove these two stories together, even though they were separated by a century, it was beautiful and seamless.

                The amount of creepiness this book had was outstanding and definitely added to the overall feel of the book.  I other words, it’s not a book you want to read alone in a dark, abandoned home.  But even if you’re reading this in the middle of bright beautiful day, it still can make the hairs on the back of your neck go up on edge. Who doesn’t like a nice a creepy read every once and while.

                I love Sherlock Holmes and something about this reminded me about the BBC mini-series.  So if you’re a fan of the man that lives at 221B Baker Street, then I have feeling you’ll really like this. I, for one, loved it.

I received this book from Bethany House for my honest opinion.