Love Kristin Hannah’s books! She completely envelopes the reader into the story. Can’t wait to read her new book!

Good story, but a bit sappy.

I was a bit iffy about this book, but my goodness was it good. Heartfelt, dramatic, loving and wonderful. Thank you for a another wonderful book.

My step dad happened to find this at a Dollar General unaware of her status as a writer, and I found one of my new favorite authors. I felt myself angry on behalf of Lina, and yet Madelaine was so realistic that I could see where she was coming from as a parent (which let’s be real, I could not say the same about my own parents as a teen). It gave me a new perspective on all three of my parents, and it opened my eyes to some of the hardships faced by those in the priesthood. Angel even offered me a newfound perspective on a parent that walks away, and yet he is portrayed in a way that serves as a reminder that even those that mess up the worst are redeemable. Their story broke my heart, but it also helped stitch it back together. This was one of the first books that reflected just how complicated love can really be 🫀

I mean, if you are into that kind of thing, which I am, it’s alright. This is one of the more mushy, lovey dovey, romancy, pretty unrealistic books I have read from Kristin Hannah, and I’ve read most of hers. I found myself skipping some of the descriptional feeling paragraphs towards the end. That being said, my heart needs emotional lifting sometimes through books and if you feel the same this might do it for ya. There is some religion in this book, not over the top but be aware if you are atheist. I do love Kristin Hannah and I won’t hold this mediocre book against her; written in the 90s it’s an earlier book before she got her groove perfected- I would suggest another more recent title to friends and book lovers though for people new to her.

Great beach read.

Couldn’t put it down. Heart felt and sweet (with sprinkled in sad).

Embarrassingly horrible. Every interaction involves brushing a hair from the forehead (both read and imaginary), or touching the other person’s face. Hannah’s female leads are all the same: mistreated, with hearts of gold, who all suppress their feelings and find their great loves with jerks who realize they love them. Waste of time bad.

Absolutely as beautiful as I knew a Kristen Hannah book would be!!!

The cussing in the book was awful. Didn’t make it through 1st chapter.