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jbarr5's review
5.0
That Summer (Caney Creek Series Book 1)
Have read other works by the author and enjoyed the reads.
This one starts out with Jim and he's had enough of his father's treatment and leaves to go to the city for a job and a place to stay. He hopes his father won't take it out on the younger kids still at home.
His mother understands but is torn from his leaving.
He is introduced to not only the plant owners daughter, Caroline but the ways of the city life,drinking with the guys and life at the boarding house.
Events and people break them apart and the only thing he can rely on is to go back to the church and follow his Bible and God.
Story follows each of them over the years...such heart aches and struggles during the depression and deaths...
So strong through to the end.
I was given the book from the author via Book Fun (The Book Club Network) and this is my honest review
Have read other works by the author and enjoyed the reads.
This one starts out with Jim and he's had enough of his father's treatment and leaves to go to the city for a job and a place to stay. He hopes his father won't take it out on the younger kids still at home.
His mother understands but is torn from his leaving.
He is introduced to not only the plant owners daughter, Caroline but the ways of the city life,drinking with the guys and life at the boarding house.
Events and people break them apart and the only thing he can rely on is to go back to the church and follow his Bible and God.
Story follows each of them over the years...such heart aches and struggles during the depression and deaths...
So strong through to the end.
I was given the book from the author via Book Fun (The Book Club Network) and this is my honest review
thejumpingsheep's review
4.0
I got a chance to review That Summer by Jo Huddleston and I'm so glad I did. This is published by a small publishing house so if I hadn't gotten to review it I would have missed out and that would have been sad. This is book 1 of the Caney Creek Series and I hope I get a chance to read the others as I must know how the story ends. :)
That Summer is a historical novel set in the south during the Great Depression. Jim flees his home to get out from his abusive father and moves to the city to make it on his own. He ignores the God he has known growing up and makes many poor choices. He falls in love with one girl but then gets tangled up with another and falls into sin. What comes next is the story of love and redemption as only God can do.
This story has many twists and turns and is a great read!! If you enjoy historical novels and stories that strengthen your relationship with God then this is the book for you. I give it four out of five stars!
I received a free copy of this product from the CWA Review Crew in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC Regulations.
That Summer is a historical novel set in the south during the Great Depression. Jim flees his home to get out from his abusive father and moves to the city to make it on his own. He ignores the God he has known growing up and makes many poor choices. He falls in love with one girl but then gets tangled up with another and falls into sin. What comes next is the story of love and redemption as only God can do.
This story has many twists and turns and is a great read!! If you enjoy historical novels and stories that strengthen your relationship with God then this is the book for you. I give it four out of five stars!
I received a free copy of this product from the CWA Review Crew in exchange for my honest review. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions I have expressed are my own or those of my family. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC Regulations.
zarasecker23's review
5.0
Prior to reading this book I found myself in a fiction reading funk (I’d read a number of really bad fiction books one after the other) so I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one; then I started reading it. I was so impressed I sent a personal note to the author thanking her for restoring my faith in fiction books. I found I really looked forward to getting back to read her book every chance I got.
Whilst reading this book I found myself asking why the style of writing sounded and felt familiar. It wasn’t until after I finished it that I realised the answer to this question. The writing style reminds me of Janette Oke’s style; a style that I have always liked. It’s a style which is very fluid, easy to read and displays sensitivity to the story being written allowing the reader to travel through the story with the characters, feeling and experiencing what the characters experience.
Jo Huddleston’s story [b:That Summer|18894686|That Summer (Caney Creek #1)|Jo Huddleston|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1385175018s/18894686.jpg|23513263] is about the physical and spiritual journey of the main character Jim who, as a way to escape an abusive father, decided he was going to leave home and make a living for himself. When Jim left he was determined to do the opposite of his father so that he would have a financially secure life for himself and any future wife and family that he would have so that they didn’t have to live like he, his mother, and his siblings had to live. This story had a surprising twist to it which Jo Huddleston handled with great sensitivity and realism.
This book left me wanting to get stuck into the next one so as I could continue the story wanting to find out what happens next to the characters that I had grown to love.
Recommend for: Young Adults to adults, and people who would like to read a sweet, clean, Christian romance story.
Whilst reading this book I found myself asking why the style of writing sounded and felt familiar. It wasn’t until after I finished it that I realised the answer to this question. The writing style reminds me of Janette Oke’s style; a style that I have always liked. It’s a style which is very fluid, easy to read and displays sensitivity to the story being written allowing the reader to travel through the story with the characters, feeling and experiencing what the characters experience.
Jo Huddleston’s story [b:That Summer|18894686|That Summer (Caney Creek #1)|Jo Huddleston|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1385175018s/18894686.jpg|23513263] is about the physical and spiritual journey of the main character Jim who, as a way to escape an abusive father, decided he was going to leave home and make a living for himself. When Jim left he was determined to do the opposite of his father so that he would have a financially secure life for himself and any future wife and family that he would have so that they didn’t have to live like he, his mother, and his siblings had to live. This story had a surprising twist to it which Jo Huddleston handled with great sensitivity and realism.
This book left me wanting to get stuck into the next one so as I could continue the story wanting to find out what happens next to the characters that I had grown to love.
Recommend for: Young Adults to adults, and people who would like to read a sweet, clean, Christian romance story.