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Love's Stormy Gale (2013)

by Lynette Sowell(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0373486596 (ISBN13: 9780373486595)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Love Inspired

review 1: I enjoyed this book, reading it from cover to cover in less than 48 hours. It is a story of redemption, forgiveness and overcoming fears as you learn to trust God in EVERY situation. What I (ended up) loving about this book was that the characters, Olivia and Jonathan, loved each other and both of them admit waaay before the end of the book - but they still struggled with making that love work for both of them when faced with their fears - Olivia's that she would lose another man to the treacherous life of a fisherman in a New England fishing community; Jonathan's fear that he was not worthy enough to be the man in her life. The author strays from the "typical" boy-meets-girl, they fall in love and live happily ever after path of most romance novels. The book is realis... moretically truthful about the true ebb and flow of romantic entanglements and the knowledge that sometimes in relationships, one person is "ready" when the other isn't (and vice versa), but with faith, commitment and perseverance, obstacles to true love don't stand a chance.
review 2: Heavily Christian-inspired enjoyable story about the power of overcoming one's fears and forgiveness. Olivia and Johnathan are very likable characters and I enjoyed seeing their development and triumph over tragedy which ultimately brings them together. Olivia's dad Sam was my favorite character. Nice analogies are used from the Bible throughout the book, my favorite being the parable of Jesus and his overwrought disciples crossing the stormy water while Jesus slept umconcerned in the bottom of the boat. Set nicely in a Massachusetts fishing-village, Love's Stormy Gale was a very light and fast read with a wonderfully heartwarming ending. less

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