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For Such A Time As This (2012)

by Ginny Aiken(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0892968486 (ISBN13: 9780892968480)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

FaithWords

series

A Women of Hope

review 1: I had no idea that this was supposed to be a retelling of the story of Esther and I never made the connection on my own. I enjoyed it simply for the historical romance and a little mystery. I thought it was a bit unbelievable that Eli was not aware for so long after the letters of foreclosure were sent out from the bank. They lived in a small town and word gets around so I think someone would have mentioned them to him. Other than that, I enjoyed the book as I have other Ginny Aiken books in the past.
review 2: The plot of this book may seem very similar at first to many historical Christian romance novels as it incorporates familiar themes from the classic Sound of Music and the Biblical story of Esther. However, Aiken did a good job of keeping the mischievou... mores pranks of the motherless youngsters unique and fresh as well as bringing in an element of mystery with the ongoing character development of Olivia’s love interest, widower Eli Whitman. The protagonist, Olivia, much like the biblical heroine Esther is faced with the heart wrenching choice of choosing whether to “play it safe” with her new husband (i.e. bank owner instead of king), Eli, or to come forward and try to “save her people”. It seems this part of the plot is a little bit of a stretch, but, Aiken makes it work through the ongoing back-story development of the difficulties in Eli’s first marriage. Though there were some points in the story that did seem to drag, Aiken did a good job of mixing it up with different twists and turns in the relationship development between Eli and Olivia. As in many struggling romances, it seems everything is resolved when yet one more complication is thrown into the growing relationship between the newlyweds. This keeps the plot moving and is done in such a way that it comes across as very believable. less

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