Book Review

 

This is my latest read. I just finished it up. The back reads:

A former marine is no match for the spunky Sam Sinclair. Bryce Stone has returned to his hometown of North Pole, Alaska, and the self-admitted scrooge is not very happy about living in a town "Where the Spirit of Christmas Lives Year Round." What's worse, Bryce must postpone his dream of opening a furniture shop when his aunt Olive retires and leaves him with the family's cluttered Christmas boutique. When Bryce underestimates Sam, the inexperienced young woman hired to manage the store, it becomes a battle of wills, and the two soon find that they're fighting for more than just the shop.

I would give this book an eight out of ten stars (and that's only because I reserve the higher awards for only the best of the best of the best!)

 

The part of the book that stuck out to me was:

     Sliding her Bible from the bag, she'd told Bryce to find I Corinthians, chapter 10, verse 13.

     "'There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man,'" he'd read haltingly, "'but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.'" When he'd finished, Bryce admitted he hadn't understood a word of it.

     "It means," Olive had said, "that the Father knows you better than anyone in your life, so He knows exactly how much pain and pressure you can handle. And because He knows there will be times when you think He's forgotten what your limits are, He gave you this verse, to remind you that no matter how tough life seems, He'll always provide the strength to cope...or a door to escape through."

 

It is such a nice reminder and came just when I needed it.

This book (by Loree Lough) was cute, grabbed my attention almost right away. It is well written, the story is believable, the characters are like able. It was actually a very good book. Thanks for listening to my ramblings. Thanks for reading.

 

-erin-