Review | Beauty for Ashes

Hott Synopsis:

Gloria is devastated when barely a week before their nuptials her fiance is killed while out with another girl.
Running away to her father’s ancestral home to avoid the well meaning attention she finds that maybe there is a bit more to this life than she’s always believed.

Hott Review:

This isn’t my first or even second read of this book. I’ve actually owned it for years and read it several times. Yet, this time I didn’t enjoy it as much as I have in the past. Usually, I’m more able to focus on Gloria’s growth whereas this time I couldn’t get past the devastation that started this.

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Author: Grace Livingston Hill
Source: Barbour Books via Netgalley
Grade: B+ – I gave this a B+ because even though I didn’t enjoy it so much this time, I have anjoyed it very much in the past.
Ages: 16+
Steam: Nada
Setting: 1930’s Maine

Author Bio:

Grace Livingston Hill

A popular author of her day she wrote over 100 novels and numerous short stories of religious and Christian fiction. Her characters were most often young female ingénues, frequently strong Christian women or those who become so within the confines of the story.

 

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