Susan Anne Mason

My Review:

Genre: Historical fiction, Christian fiction.

My Rating: 4 and 1/2 stars.

Recommendation: 13 up for romance.

My favorite character is: Emma is a sweet girl and I loved following along with her as she searched for her family and even though I felt that at times she was naive I still loved reading about her.

My Verse for Emma is Psalm 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. (King James Version.)

My thoughts: Aw, this book is so sweet even if a good bit sad for several reasons. The story was so cute and adorable because of Jonathan and Emma's relationship and I also liked how this book and the previous one were connected and I look forward to reading more from Mrs. Mason!



Slight spoilers!



Warnings: Slight scandals because of politics and an unwed pregnancy.

(I received this book in exchange for my honest review and am truly happy to provide it.)… (más)

I am mad. So mad about this book. And here is your fair warning that there are spoilers.

I have been waiting a year for this book… You hear my but coming? Well, it is!

I liked the beginning of The Brightest of Dreams but I was flipping through since it was going slowly and I wanted to stay interested … and I found out that Julia was drugged by a doctor after her friend died and that the doctor raped her.
It's after WWI so there is still a lot of stuff with rich dudes getting away with stuff and women not going to the ploice when stuff happens to them so you can assume that she doesn't tell anyone but the love interest when he notices that she was pregnant and she says that it was rape.

Since I found this out I skipped ahead some more...
And found more discouraging content … The bad dude tries to take the baby she's pregnant with after the attack, she goes into early labor at court, goes to the hospital, they stop labor until later and then she has the baby after Quin gets there again. Once again bad dude comes in, at the hospital! He wants to see his kid!!!! Um, big no no to me, he deserves to be thrown in jail and the key lost and that's the nice version! But no, they talk, he kinda feels bad, and THOUGHT THAT SHE WANTED *IT* SICK SICK SICK SICK… No one was with them until the pastor came back in, and she forgives bad dude saying if he really is sorry he'd let her keep the baby. So, of course he does … And she thinks it's a good thing Quin didn't come in since he'd do something to bad dude, uh, yeah! He'd better do something!
Plus her uncle doesn't want her home after he finds out about the baby. Well, she can come "home" but has to stay hidden until her cousin is happily married to some rich titled guy and she can come somewhat out of hiding.

Now that we have that out of the way may I say how much I nearly loved it? Quinten's story is so heartbreaking … I wanted to see what happened with his siblings and I skipped through and found out. I loved it! Such a bittersweet story idea but the author ruined it with everything that she threw at Julia, I honestly feel like she did it just to give the heroine angst. Like the hero couldn't have all of the drama, no sir … That wouldn't work. *eyeroll* I will not be finishing The Brightest of Dreams and I won't be doing another book from Mrs. Mason.

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the author. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.… (más)

My Review
Genre: Christian Fiction,

My Rating: 4 Stars.

Recommendation: 15 up.

My favorite character/s: Virginia was my favorite character, I loved how she cared for her family and made the choices she did even if they were hard ones to make.

My Verse for Virginia is Proverbs 11:28
Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

My thoughts: This was an interesting and enjoyable book, and I'll be on the lookout for more of Susan Anne Mason books.
(I received this book from NetGalley and all of the thoughts are my own.)… (más)