Firefly Island

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Average customer rating 4.5 (2 comments)

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Lisa Wingate’s Novel, Firefly Island, is amazing. An easy read that feels like you are settling in with a mug of tea for a chat with an old friend. When Mallory Hale meets the love of her life and after weeks of knowing him and his younger son, she is whisked off to Moses Lake, Texas to begin a new life as not only a wife but a mother as well. Wingate’s main character, Mallory Hale, has a quirky sense of humor and at times reminds me of myself. The plot of this story is fast paced enough to keep the reader interested and also has a bit of mystery and intrigue intertwined. I definitely plan on reading more of Wingate’s books and absolutely love her style of writing. I can’t wait to get swept up into another one of Lisa Wingate’s books in the future. I received a free copy of this book from Bethany House Publishers for review purposes only.

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It’s a romance flip. The wedding doesn’t close the book, it opens the story and I think I was pretty much captured by that premise alone. I personally love the first person writing style. Done really well, the reader is welcomed into the story in one of the most intimate ways. To do so, you really have to come to like the main character and I loved Mallory. She struggled and fought through what was less than the ideal, but she transformed through her circumstances. Now true, every good novel character is going to change, but I love to watch a good character refuse to let her circumstances define her. Mallory and Daniel truly love each other in this story. There is no false glamour, (though there are false expectations for sure), but it broke the mold of the normal tried and true romance formula. The premise of the book definitely has some high concept elements with the politics, and the lies and cheats woven amongst our less-than-shining secondary cast of seedy characters. A hint of mystery and intrigue to mix with our romance. Beginning to end I thought the story crafting was fabulous. The characters very likeable and the pace exceptional. All in all: a thumbs-up read! This review is my honest opinion. Thanks to the publishers for my copy to review.