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Thursday, July 9, 2020

Book Review: A Bride of Convenience by Jody Hedlund

A Bride of Convenience (The Bride Ships, #3)
Book Description:

Upon discovering an abandoned baby, Pastor Abe Merivale joins efforts with Zoe Hart, one of the newly arrived bride-ship women, to care for the infant. With mounting pressure to find the baby a home, Abe offers his hand as Zoe's groom. But after a hasty wedding, they soon realize their marriage of convenience is not so convenient after all.

Tarah's Review:
I keep going back and forth about how to review this book because I read it extremely quickly, and it was entertaining, but when I got done I realized that almost the entire book the two main character spent the whole time pining after each other in a physical manner. They are married, and there isn't anything explicit, but really the whole book was that yearning. There are a few other things here and there, but Abe avoids her quite a lot because he wants her, and she thinks shes ruining his life but still wants him. So, after the fact I'm trying to figure out what I thought of the book. I'm not sure I would be comfortable having my teenage daughter read it.  I definitely wouldn't listen to the audio version around my family (which really isn't saying much because anytime I try to listen to anything my boys start making fun of whatever book it is).

This is book 3 of the Bride Ships Series. It can definitely be read as a stand alone. While a few characters and the background are the same in other series the author does a great job of not making you feel like you are missing something. That being said, I enjoyed the second book the most (actually, I don't know if I've read the first one or not, it sounds familiar, but I just can't remember it).


Rorie's Review:

I have really enjoyed the first two books in this series, and was really looking forward to reading this one as well. While it was just as well-written as the other two, I struggled a bit with it, mainly because there was so much...lust...going on in the story. This is a clean read, but it seemed like any time we got inside Abe's head, that's all he was thinking about. I can definitely understand those feelings, but I think it was focused on a bit too much in this story, especially when there were so many other things going on.

Both Abe and Zoe are wonderful, strong characters, and I enjoyed watching them try to navigate married life while they were still basically strangers. Zoe's gift with children was heartwarming, and I appreciated the forgiveness and change of heart that some of the characters experienced. I enjoyed seeing a few of the other characters from previous books as well. I hope there is another book in this series.


A Bride of Convenience by Jody Hedlund 
 
Title: Bride of Convenience
Author: Jody Hedlund
Publisher: Bethany House
Published: June 2020
ISBN: 0764232975
Source: We received eCopies from NetGalley. All opinions expressed are our own.

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