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c0reyann's review
3.0
+ the pacing of this novel was quick enough so that for the most part I never got bored.
+ I liked the setting and time of this novel.
- I feel it all got sewn up a bit too prettily.
+ I liked the setting and time of this novel.
- I feel it all got sewn up a bit too prettily.
yangyvonne's review
4.0
It is 1959 and Mariette has just finished b boarding school and returns to her home in Georgia. Her mother wants her to enter society and marry well and her father wants her to go to college. Then, she meets Thayne and within weeks, they elope and her adventure begins. After about a year, he feels "called" ministry and they move into her old room for 3 years while he attends seminary. She loses their first child and he is assigned to a parish 4 hours away in a town of 200. Mariette struggles with her own faith and what it means to be a preacher's wife. In the end, they have 4 kids and are still in Logan's Creek, 8 years later.
I had no idea that this book would be such a religious one! the story started-off so typically "girl loves boy from wrong side of track, then makes hasty choices, etc". You never expect it to turn to "boy hears God's call and turns romance into lifelong religious quest." By about the middle, I wondered why they were even still together at all and how she could stand all of his secrets and decision-making without her input. I guess happy ending are preferable, but I don't like them at the expense of poor Marriette and her own dreams.
I had no idea that this book would be such a religious one! the story started-off so typically "girl loves boy from wrong side of track, then makes hasty choices, etc". You never expect it to turn to "boy hears God's call and turns romance into lifelong religious quest." By about the middle, I wondered why they were even still together at all and how she could stand all of his secrets and decision-making without her input. I guess happy ending are preferable, but I don't like them at the expense of poor Marriette and her own dreams.
pixieauthoress's review against another edition
4.0
It's hard to rate or categorize this novel as it's unlike any Christian fiction I've ever read before. Not exactly a romance but not exactly women's fiction either. It was quite sad in places, but I loved Mariette's voice and style of narration. I'm not sure how many books I've read that have been set in the early 60s, but it's definitely an interesting time period to read about. I really did enjoy this book! I'm glad it was selected for our book group read as it might otherwise have gone unread on my Kindle for who knows how long!
blackngoldgirlsbookspot's review
5.0
I really loved this story, especially since it took place in the early 1960s, not a common time period in Christian fiction. The book spans about 5 years and follows Mariette Puttnam from a well to do teen to a pastor's wife in a small town. It made me cry and laugh so I was never bored. Great book!
Full review to come!
Full review to come!
averagegal's review against another edition
3.0
I've been reading a lot of Christian romances, and in those books the focus is on the courting. This book is different in that it deals with happens after the couple gets married, and not in a mail-order bride situation. It was refreshing to read about a couple learning to be husband and wife the way all couples do.
mandijoz16's review against another edition
3.0
I got this free a while ago. I'm going to give it a try.
*Sweet story that was well worth the time and definitely the price (lol) to read...
*Sweet story that was well worth the time and definitely the price (lol) to read...
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