Point of Direction was my bookclub pick, Rachel attended our bookclub meeting to give us the backstory of writing her first novel. I found the characters were honestly written even though they were not honest with themselves. The feel of the waves, the sun, the ice, the fog, the cold, the fear, the isolation were all animated in my mind. I wanted to touch the handles to guide the torch in the lighthouse. I did not want to wait for the fire to warm the room. Rachel writes in such a way to bring you along in the story but leaves just as much of the story in your hands. I look forward to her next adventure. ( )

OVERALL I liked it. Quick 1 day read. I think it was great to read this during the beginning of the winter season. I am trying to embrace the winter season, and find beauty in it, so it is not that miserable! This was a wakeup call for me, and a reminder that I am NOT able to survive a week in Alaska. I love the descriptions of the winter world in Alaska, the lighthouse, the scenery, the directions on how to survive.
So why so low of a rating... WELL I thought you would never ask!
I loved it loved it until......... That "love story" portion.
Let me get this straight, I really don't enjoy much romance in my novels, UNLESS it is a Victorian Gothic Romance of the same level of Daphne Du Maurier.
This was no Du Maurier.. This was that abusive crap relationship that you find in teenybopper books akin to 50 shades of bullsht. ugh!
Your male character turned into that stereotypical a$$hole man who thinks he can treat women badly and they will bow down and take them back no matter how badly they act.
NOPE. That crap stops in the new millennium. I wont tolerate it in real life or in my literature.
Throw him overboard into the icy waters honey, you don't need him.... NEXT! ( )

Local author writes engagingly of Alaska.