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A review by bethgiven
Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke
4.0
This book was never checked-in at my last library, and I only just discovered that it’s shelved with the paperbacks up front at this library. That’s my excuse for not reading this book ’til now. I hear it’s, like, the epitome of Christian historical romance, and those are definitely genres I read. (Well, not romance without the other adjectives … no shirtless guys on the front covers, please.)
The author doesn’t waste any time jump-starting her story, and instantly I was sucked in to the novel. I read all day long (so much for grocery shopping!), loving the simple, beautiful descriptions of daily life on the frontier. My only complaint is that there’s not enough romance. (Did I just admit to that?) No, seriously; with these novels, you kinda know where the storyline’s going — but it doesn’t get there until, like, the very last page. I suppose it’s better than them getting together too early and then having to create trivial, artificial conflict between them — I’ve definitely read romances like that before (yuck).
Lucky for me, there’s a sequel (or several sequels) — so I’m sure I’ll get more than my fill of sappiness. I’ve already started the second book, and the first few pages make up for all the gooey feelings missing from the first book. Hopefully I make it all the way through. ;-)
The author doesn’t waste any time jump-starting her story, and instantly I was sucked in to the novel. I read all day long (so much for grocery shopping!), loving the simple, beautiful descriptions of daily life on the frontier. My only complaint is that there’s not enough romance. (Did I just admit to that?) No, seriously; with these novels, you kinda know where the storyline’s going — but it doesn’t get there until, like, the very last page. I suppose it’s better than them getting together too early and then having to create trivial, artificial conflict between them — I’ve definitely read romances like that before (yuck).
Lucky for me, there’s a sequel (or several sequels) — so I’m sure I’ll get more than my fill of sappiness. I’ve already started the second book, and the first few pages make up for all the gooey feelings missing from the first book. Hopefully I make it all the way through. ;-)