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Love's First Light (2009)

by Jamie Carie(Favorite Author)

3.74 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0805448136 (ISBN13: 9780805448139)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

B&H Books

review 1: This book started out extremely well. Its very intense and tragic. You keep reading, because the story has a way of flowing without letting you know to much of the puzzle pieces right away. The author chops up the first bit of the story, so that you didn't quite know who survived or what really did pan out years later.However, I found with continued reading that this story falls flat. The main character, Christophe, seems so feminine to me. So needy. I know he has been thru a lot! but declaring the baby Scarlett is carrying will be his after only just meeting Scarlett, is so unbelievable. And Scarlett thinking she loved him, when no reason could be given yet as to why. Other than she saw his cape flying in a grave yard. Authors need to remember that you can't jus... moret have characters that are meant to be together, just instantly love each other. You have to write it out. Make it believable. Even when writing 'love at first sight' stories, you have to have a 'moment' or recognize that falling in love actually means something.The book completely went down hill toward the last bit in the middle. Their even seems to be a tiny hint that they sleep together-->During the first make out scene. Its really tacky and tasteless. Plus the character is suppose to be pregnant with her late husbands baby AND by the way...this is a Christian book. Horrid horrid horrid story line elements. If this book was as promising as the start of it was, it would have been loads better.I couldn't finish this..
review 2: Love's First Light starts out with an intensely emotional and graphic scene that made me wince, but I couldn't stop reading. Carie did an excellent job with realism. As I read along I realized how many morbid sayings come from that era like, "Should I stick my neck out?" and "Some heads are gonna roll." Ew. That time period was downright brutal and unfair to the innocent. I loved how well the author played this theme out even if it did gross me out a bit at times. This started out as a really good story but there were a few things that didn't sit right with me from the middle to the end. The hero's dialogue sounded a bit more like a woman than a man for much of the second half of the book. It could've been because he was a scientist and artsy sort, but I'm not inclined to think the author made the man seem effeminate on purpose. Maybe it's just me, but I also felt like I was slipping in and out of the time period, too. It's hard to explain. Maybe the voice wasn't consistently French- Revolution-sounding. That's the only thing I can think of that would explain why I didn't feel immersed in the story from the middle of the book to the end. One more sort of humorous comment. On page 263 one of the characters references when the French gave the Statue of Liberty to America after they won their freedom from England. Well, I'm not a huge history buff when it comes to the picky dates and details but even I knew that event occurred in the 1800s. It bugged me so I looked it up and the date was 1886 to be exact - a full 100 years later. One historic site wrote... The Statue of Liberty was given to America by the French in 1886 and has been a symbol for America ever since. So there is no possible way that the character in 1794 could have know about something that took place almost 90 years in the future. That was a big whoops on the author's part. History buffs are sure to notice. Sheesh, I hate to be critical because I'm a big Jamie Carie fan, but this did throw me for a loop to the point of distraction. In some places the words the author used were so beautiful and poetic, but in other places the dialogue threw me off because it didn't seem to fit the era. And the romance between two older secondary characters seemed a bit plastic to me. I wasn't feeling the love like it was a real thing. It also seemed like the color and prism theme in the story was a bit disjointed. But I am still a big Jamie Carie fan and I loved The Duchess and the Dragon and Wind Dancer. This book...not so much. Sorry! On the more positive end, I have to say the author has a way with words when it comes to romance and kissing. That's definitely her strength. I loved the forgiveness theme in the story as well and how the author showed that sometimes the people who have every right to be bitter are the ones God uses to set the example (if they are willing) by their love and demonstrated forgiveness. That was very well done. So, that said, for the above reasons this was not my favorite book by Carie, but if you like reading about the era and the issues surrounding the French Revolution, you would still enjoy this story. less

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