Monday, December 7, 2009

Review of Autumn Rains by Myra Johnson

I love Heartsong Presents. For a few bucks, you get a small book, but a big story. Likewise, Autumn Rains was no lightweight fluff piece. Despite the slim size, Myra Johnson had a great deal to say, and said it in a way that flowed with a genuinely good story and three dimensional, flawed but endearing characters. And the result is deeply satisfying.
I am usually a historical fiction reader, but Johnson hooked me and kept reeling me in with the hero, Healy, a man who served time for manslaughter and found a deeper walk with the Lord during his sentence. His character was so humble and endearing that I was rooting for him from his first scene.
The heroine, Valerie, with her emotional trauma surrounding the night her husband was killed, brought me to several moments where I blinked back tears, feeling her fear and struggle to trust again. I felt connected to each of the main characters in their believable journey toward wholeness and romance. The epilogue was a highlight for me, as the story came full circle and showed the difference a person can make, no matter his or her past. A beautiful and inspiring story.

4 comments:

  1. Kathleen!!! Thank you for the sweet, sweet review! I'm so blessed to know how my story touched your heart. It truly is one of my personal favorites.

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  2. yay! I am so glad I won it on Seekerville. Otherwise I may never have had the opportunity to read a story with such sympathy for those who struggle to overcome troubled pasts. This is Christian redemptive fiction at its finest. Bless you, Myra, for showing a heart of empathy for real people like this.

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  3. Kathleen, thank you for this insightful review of Myra's book. Autumn Rain sounds like a very good read.

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