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A review by kayathebookworm
The Sea Keeper's Daughters by Lisa Wingate
3.0
The Sea Keeper’s Daughters is the third full installment of Lisa Wingate’s Carolina Heirlooms series. I don’t necessarily want to compare it to the Prayer Box — the first book in the series — but I feel like I have to for the sake of this review. I enjoyed the Prayer Box more. While I liked Alice’s letters to Ziltha in The Sea Keeper’s Daughters, I much preferred Iola’s letters to God in the Prayer Box.
Which leads me to my next point, there just wasn’t enough faith content in this book for me. Honestly, I feel like a broken record because I say this in most of my Christian fiction reviews. I just don’t understand why nobody wants to create characters that are passionately following after Christ; I guess those types of books wouldn’t sell. It seems that most books in this genre have main characters that are what I call “religious Christians”. They go to church, say a prayer when they’re in a desperate situation, help a neighbor every now and then and call it a day. They are perfectly content with living life as normal with a little bit of Jesus sprinkled in. I know I’m going on a rant here but I have just gotten tired of seeing this kind of thing in the Church when Christ called for people to follow Him wholeheartedly.
I also felt like the story ended with so many things left unresolved. My biggest unanswered question: why did Ziltha estrange herself from Alice and dispose of her letters?
Well, anyway, I’ll move onto my last complaint: I didn’t like how the book ended. I mean, I finally started to be okay with Alice and Thomas becoming a couple and then after Alice dies, Thomas moves onto Able. Just ewww. When Alice was alive, she was just a child and Thomas had cared for her as a guardian. Speaking of, this book had way too many relationships with large age gaps for my likings. I just don’t appreciate when authors create relationships like this as I find it very distasteful.
All these flaws aside, I did enjoy the book. I especially liked the romance between Whitney and Mark. I have to be honest though that’s about all I really liked. I found it to be quite dry in places and I was definitely bored with it at a few points. My suggestion: maybe try reading the Prayer Box instead. 3 stars.
God bless,
Kaya :)
Which leads me to my next point, there just wasn’t enough faith content in this book for me. Honestly, I feel like a broken record because I say this in most of my Christian fiction reviews. I just don’t understand why nobody wants to create characters that are passionately following after Christ; I guess those types of books wouldn’t sell. It seems that most books in this genre have main characters that are what I call “religious Christians”. They go to church, say a prayer when they’re in a desperate situation, help a neighbor every now and then and call it a day. They are perfectly content with living life as normal with a little bit of Jesus sprinkled in. I know I’m going on a rant here but I have just gotten tired of seeing this kind of thing in the Church when Christ called for people to follow Him wholeheartedly.
I also felt like the story ended with so many things left unresolved. My biggest unanswered question: why did Ziltha estrange herself from Alice and dispose of her letters?
Well, anyway, I’ll move onto my last complaint: I didn’t like how the book ended. I mean, I finally started to be okay with Alice and Thomas becoming a couple and then after Alice dies, Thomas moves onto Able. Just ewww. When Alice was alive, she was just a child and Thomas had cared for her as a guardian. Speaking of, this book had way too many relationships with large age gaps for my likings. I just don’t appreciate when authors create relationships like this as I find it very distasteful.
All these flaws aside, I did enjoy the book. I especially liked the romance between Whitney and Mark. I have to be honest though that’s about all I really liked. I found it to be quite dry in places and I was definitely bored with it at a few points. My suggestion: maybe try reading the Prayer Box instead. 3 stars.
God bless,
Kaya :)