missemmaj 's review for:

The Magic of Ordinary Days by Ann Howard Creel
3.0

2.5 I don’t know how to rate this book. Here’s the deal: I watched the Hallmark movie first (it’s now one of my favorites!) and upon finding out it was based on a book I was eager to read the story. On one hand, the story was great. It was very real and also much more intense than the Hallmark movie. The rawness and historical accuracy about it made it a fantastic read as a whole. My personal problem was first—it just wasn’t what I was expecting after the movie (my own fault). And secondly, it was not squeaky clean like the Hallmark film, which personally was a big problem for me. It dealt some very real and very serious topics, but the author just went into more details than I needed, the main reason I personally cannot five this 4-5 stars. So yes a fantastic story. But keep in mind that it is not clean Christian fiction novel and that serious topics are delved into.