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Summary: Hope After Tragedy?
Review: Perhaps the tragedy in this book is in the fact that Blythe is left to pick up the pieces after her poor alcoholic husband Malcolm dies. She only finds love YEARS later with his best friend. And too, there is no redemption in the insufferable Garnet whose blind love for Malcolm wreaks havoc with not just one, but two Montrose brides. But perhaps the worst tragedy is that the reader must endure Garnet for several more books in this series.
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Summary: A Love Built on Adultery?
Review: Talk about Greek Tragedies! Jane Peart is a very talented writer. But, she weaves subtle messages into this entire Series that would unsettle even the staidest of Christians. Her characters have mediocre lifestyles: taken up in dancing, smoking, drinking, and gambling. And then Blythe marries Malcolm and falls in love with another man-while Garnet is infatuated with Malcolm and creates heartache for not just one, but two Montrose brides. In both Shadow Bride and Yankee Bride/Rebel Bride, the marriages end tragically. And Peart suggests that adultery is acceptable so long as the characters do not share a bed. But Jesus teaches otherwise...
Garnet ends up a heroine for the rest of the series, when she is coldhearted, and mean. And at least the Author could have ended things on a redemptive note-uniting Malcolm with his son and second wife, thus saving the Montrose family from untold heartache in the near future. But there was no redemptive message in having Malcolm die an alcoholic with his first wife's name on his lips. What sort of message is that for Christian men? Malcolm's tragic ending causes chaos in the Montrose family. But, that was the writer's purpose...
And why couldn't Peart give the message that when Christians trust God, things can work together for the good? And last but not least, Jane Peart puts the true Christian heroines like Rose Montrose, through the wringer for their walk with Christ-making them martyrs, while allowing the ruthless, conniving characters to thrive, and survive.
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Summary: Long awaited sequel
Review: This is the long awaited sequel to the Gallant Bride. This particular book brings together the union of Blythe and Rod. This book is wonderful at showing us how absence in deed makes the heart grow fonder. It also explores faith and how God sometimes seems to make no sense. The only draw back with this particular book, is that Jane Peart tends to draw out the reunion a little too long. The two charactors live within miles of each other, yet don't meet for years. This does add to the story but is too "edge of your seat" for my taste. This is by far one of my favorites in the Montclair Brides series, however I love them all.
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Summary: Shadow Bride
Review: This on of the best bride books that Jane Peart has written Blyth finds a new life and happiness with her new life and what comes.
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