March, 2010:

Songbird Under a German Moon is another stellar novel by Tricia Goyer!   World War II has been over for 6 months and Betty Lake scores a spot in the USO in Germany keeping the troops entertained while occupying Europe.    A small-town girl, she is enthralled by the applause of the troops, the mansion she is staying in and the attention of a US Army Air Corps photographer named Frank.   Shortly after her arrival, her roommate goes missing and she is SURE that foul play was involved.   She and Frank team up to find answers under a German moon.

Tricia has written another hit with Songbird Under a German Moon.   Much like The Swiss Courier (which I also reviewed here), this novel takes place around the time of WWII in Germany.   One of the things that I loved about this book was that she did a great job of drawing you into the time period of the book.   The event of the book took place over just a few weeks but just enough happened to pull you through the book without rushing through it.   I think I ignored everything for a day or two to read it.  In fact, at the end, I was distracting Lil’ Bit from the fact that it was bedtime so I could finish.  It was worth it!   You can also find out what others thought about Songbird Under a German Moon.

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Thanks to LitFuse for providing a review copy of this book.

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The Promise of Morning is the second in the At Home in Beldon Grove series by Ann Shorey.   Ellie Craig is the wife of a preacher in the Illinois frontier.   Life on the frontier isn’t easy and she mourns over the graves of her three infant children and pines for a family and identity of her own.  Her husband, Matthew, faces controversy in town when a man arrives and starts to slowly take over his church.

This is the first book from Revell that I was less than thrilled with.  I hate saying that.  I love books so much that it pains me to admit that some aren’t very good.   Unfortunately, this was one of those.   There were several things that kind of irritated me.   First, I really didn’t like Matthew.  I thought he was overbearing, unreasonable and kind of mean to Ellie, along with being kind of a wimp when the new guy came to town.  He also seemed to choose some pretty stupid hills to die on, as the expression goes.   But, I will say, I came to like him a little better as the book went on.

It also seemed to me that the general townspeople, their family included, were a little too flighty on things that mattered and stubborn on silly ones.  I would think they had more skepticism and common sense.   Granted, the whole storyline hinged on the silliness of the people and their decisions, but I guess I just didn’t like it.    I did like the happily-ever-after bit at the end, which did redeem the book a bit.

I really wanted to like it.  I love books published by Revell!   This is the first book of theirs that I’ve read that I felt was a dud.   I haven’t read the first in the Beldon Grove series so it’s possible that this maybe isn’t a great read alone book.

Thanks to Revell for providing a copy of this book for review.

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