Bethany House Review - Unending Devotion

This is my first official review for Bethany House Publishing. They sent me my free copy of Unending Devotion and I have put my review on here. My reviews can also be found on Amazon. 

Unending Devotion by Jody Hedlund is the story of a young girl acting as the apprentice to an elderly photographer who travels throughout the lumber camps of 1880s Michigan. She is looking for her estranged sister who ran off to a depraved life of saloon girls and gambling in the northern backwoods. This book is a fictional portrayal of true life events of the hundreds of girls that were lured and trapped into prostitution and the good people who fought to save their lives.

From the very beginning I could not put the book down the main character, Lily was a very sympathetic picture that the reader just has to root for. The picture the author painted of the poor pathetic girls Lily risks her life to save draws sympathy from any reader. In addition, the modest love story added just the right amount of romance to not detract from the moral undertone of the story. I definitely recommend this book for anyone looking for an enthralling historical fiction novel.

You can also watch the book trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OssvMSaSeQ4&list=UUOTCh77FT1ZAyg-Mrj97HWw&index=1&feature=plcp

A New Start

So, I've made some changes to my blog, even the title which I am much happier with!

In my last post I had started reading the Maze Runner by James Dashner. I finished it in just a couple days. It is a young adult fiction book but kept reading until 3 in the morning! It is about a boy in post-apocalyptic Earth who is sent into the middle of maze with other young boys to figure out the way out and back to civilization. Or back to what they hope is civilization waiting on the other side.

I have also finished reading A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire. It is the third book in the Wicked series, the book the Broadways musical is based off of the story of the Wicked Witch of the West. This book chronicles the life of the cowardly Lion and his trials. Is he truly cowardly or simply the victim of life's certain ups and downs that we all must see ourselves through? Maguire has continued his spellbinding view of the land of OZ and has once again turned that classic upside down.

In addition, I have also begun reading Unending Devotion by Jody Hedlund. I received this book from Bethany House Publishing to read and write up a review for. It's an old fashioned love story and I can't wait to get into what promises to be a great story.