Review: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Anne coming to Green Gables was a mistake. Anne staying there was Providence. Marilla and Matthew were shocked to learn that their request for a boy was bungled but by the end of the book they are so very glad that it happened. She is the light of their lives. The best thing that happened to them. As for Anne, she adores everything about her new life in Avonlea, its everything she has dreamed of, everything except Gilbert Blythe, whom Anne detests.




I give this book a 5⭐️  absolutely, without hesitation.

1: Any book that can have me laughing out loud one minute and crying the next and then burning with rage the next is an amazing book.

2: I love Marilla. Matthew always has been willing to show his love but Marilla takes time. Anne wears her down. They have the most splendid relationship. Marilla's always trying to be stern but her love for Anne lets her smile more often than she used to.

3: Oh, Gilbert, what to do about him. He adds so much with his constant feuding with Anne.

4: Rachel Lynde is such an opinionated character. But I love her anyways. I love everyone in the story. I love Mrs. Allen too.

SPOILER BELOW PICTURE


5: Matthew, please , I did not give you permission to die and break my heart!!!!

Review: From This Moment by Elizabeth Camden

Romulus White has wanted Stella West to work for him for three years. Now he may get the opportunity but Stella has other things on her mind , like finding out who killed her sister Gwendolyn. But Stella gets close and makes the killer uncomfortable. Things get dangerous and Romulus is somewhere in the middle, trying to keep his magazine a float and trying to help Stella.


Absolutley no doubt that this is a 5⭐️ Worth reading again and again.
1: It had so many plot twists. Just as I began to think trust him I got thrown the other way. Don't trust anyone but Romulus Evelyn and Clyde. That's what I learned. Because everyone has their own side. They may still be good but good isn't the same as trustworthy.

2: Evelyn and Clyde have the sweetest storyline. Willingness to work together after a crisis. Love it.

3: Romulus doesn't laugh at Stella's convictions about the murder of her sister. He takes her seriously. I love how they make the perfect team. They always have each other backs.

4: All the characters mature as the story goes along. You like them at the beginning but you love them by the end.

5: Honesty is so stressed. It solves so many problems. And harmony also. I just love this author.

 

I received this book in exchange for my honest review

Review: What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge

What Katy Did is a classic story about a twelve year old tomboy named Katy. She has two brothers and three sisters. She is the oldest. Her mother is dead so her Aunt Izzy stays with them to take care of them. It is a very sweet story about Katy's tragic accident.


I give this a 5⭐️ As far as children's books go.

1: I so wanna live back then when 16-year-olds didn't feel awkward sitting on their moms lap. Life sounds so much simpler.

2: You get to love all the characters. Even Aunt Izzy who starts as a bit of a crank.

3: It was squeaky clean. I could totally let a seven year old read this with no worries.

4: It was funny at parts and sad at parts.  It captures emotions beautifully. Emotions that you don't have to be fifteen to understand.

5: My Favorite Person Ever in the books Cousin Helen. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Review: Someone Like You by Victoria Bylin

Julia and Zeke were college sweethearts. Unfortunately they split up six years ago. Now they're thrown back together and sparks are flying. But Julia has a son and Max's father is anything but pleasant. He makes life very hard for everyone.


I give this book 5⭐️Because
1: It was engaging the whole time. The story never lagged. I didn't want to put it down.

2: The characters were deep. They were well rounded and diverse. They weren't the perfect characters that pop out of a mold. They were relatable.

3: It not only dealt with Julia and Zeke as a couple but also Ellen and George. It showed that even older people need companionship. Plus that is so sweet. I loved their storyline.

4: It dealt with differing levels of faith. The struggles of a new Christian. The confusion of a struggling long time Christian. The grace and peace of a well grounded  Christian.

5: Triumph over the bad guy (Hunter) who doesn't love that feeling.

I received this book in exchange for my honest review. 

Review: Rush of Wings by Kristen Heitzmann

From the online review again.

Though her panic is real, Noelle St. Claire is uncertain what danger she is fleeing. Fragmented images and slivers of memory have driven her to abandon her wealthy, sheltered life in New York for the hope of a haven—remote and safe.

Noelle's arrival at the Rocky Mountain horse ranch owned by Rick Spencer and his brother Morgan causes more than a little stir. Beautiful, vulnerable, yet strangely secretive, Noelle is an enigma the two contrasting brothers seek to unlock. But as their attentions breach the wall she hides behind, the past becomes a menacing threat from which Noelle can no longer hide. 

I liked the book and I give it a 3.75 ⭐️ If that's even possible. 

1: The characters were brilliant. Such deep emotions the whole way through. Definitely want to read the others   

Things I didn't care for are 

2: A little language that I don't care for. Things I wouldn't say but a lot of people don't see them as bad. 

3: It was really about adult subjects. Probably not a good choice for young teens. (abuse and drugs but not explicitly)

4: I think it was Catholic. Not sure but it felt that way. 

5: I could absolutely done without the alcohol  

Review: My Heart Remembers by Kim Vogel Sawyer

This is the description from the back of the book as I don't believe I could do justice to the story. United by blood, divided by time, will three orphan train siblings ever find one another again? Orphaned in a tenement fire, three Irish immigrant children are sent to Missouri to be adopted. Despite eight year old Maelle's desperate attempts to keep her siblings together, each child is taken by a different family. Yet Maelle vows that she will never stop searching for her brother and sister . . . and that they will be together one day in the future. Seventeen years later, Maelle is still searching. But the years have washed away her hope . . . and her memories. What are Mattie and Molly doing now? Where has life taken them? Will she ever see her brother and sister again?


Absolutely a 5⭐️  

1: This is the first Kim Vigel Sawyer I've read simply because I hesitate to branch out. I loved her style. It intrigued me from the get go   

2: I like the way it was Christian with just elements of romance and mystery. But it really wasn't either. 

3: I like how the ending gives finality without a huge bow tying it up with unrealistically ideal endings for every character ever in the whole book. 

4: The families who originally got the kids did love them each in their own way. Even though Mattie's family had to take him back. I love that the Standlers kept Molly's Bible. 

5: Maelle (such a pretty name) never gave up. Gods perfect timing 😍😍😍😍

Review: Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

This classic follows the life of Molly Gibson as she aquires a new stepmom and stepsister. She grows awfully close to Sqire Hamley and his family and is with Mrs. Hamley as a companion for months. Mrs. Hamley comes to look at Molly as a daughter and when she becomes delirious near the end of her life even calls Molly by the name of her dead daughter. Molly unwittingly falls in love Roger Hamley but he falls in love with her stepsister Cynthia. Osborne Hamley is looked at as the protege but he falls from grace because of a secret that only Roger and Molly know. And Cynthia has secrets that Moly gets dragged into that end in the rumor mill for both of them.

4⭐️ For this

1: It is excessively long with sometimes unnecessary details. It slows the story down and makes it harder to understand the first time through.

2: There is no ending!! Elizabeth Gaskell died one chapter short of finishing the novel. We obviously can guess the missing content but still.

On the other hand, good points include

3: Aimee works so hard to be accepted and Molly is such a good friend to her.

4: Molly puts on no pretenses. She tells it like it is. She's honest.

5: Hyacinth is very annoying but also crucial to the advancement of the story.  Sometimes.