christianreader | Erin's March Reads

You can click on the title of any of these first four books to read my full reviews. The last block of text is my review for an entire series.

"𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬" 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧

Two Americans living in Paris in 1941 work against the Nazi occupation in ordinary, life-risking, inspiring ways.

"𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐧" 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐠𝐠

A sweet novella about dreams coming to life again and fears being faced in one of my favorite fictional small towns (Maple Valley, Iowa). 

"𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐢𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞" 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐥

Threatened as a result of her grandfather's illegal activities, Theresa sets out to bust a band of counterfeiters in this Gilded Age suspense novel. 

"𝐀 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐲" 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬𝐨𝐧

Daisy is restoring an old family home to open a bed and breakfast. Her free spirit doesn't mix well with her no-nonsense contractor.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙩 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙙 𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣

"𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞"
"𝐍𝐨 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞"
"𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞"
"𝐒𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞"
"𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞"
"𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞"
I positively devoured these novels over spring break. They're about a contemporary detective who discovers he can travel back in time and solve his cold cases—but each time he returns to the present, he must grapple with the changes that his actions have made to his timeline, which are usually quite dire. I've never read a series that read so much like a TV show, both in good and bad ways. The good—it's fast-paced, heart-pounding action and you cannot look away. The bad—the writing can be a little inconsistent, just like anything written by a team (David James Warren is the pen name for three people working together), where the details get fuzzy and/or fudged when they need to introduce a new element. Also, though there's a redemption arc that's incredibly full-circle and moving in the end, there's almost no faith element in the first five books, and you have to wade through some content that I did not appreciate to reach the final destination. This series is dark, edgy, enthralling, and I can't completely recommend it, but I also wouldn't necessarily discourage you from reading it as long as you know you're going to have to wade through a lot of stuff, and that it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. 

𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 2022: 16, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 1 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢