Sweet Accord

Rating:
Summary: Make a Joyful Noise
Review: Felicia Mason combines romance and Christianity in her novel, SWEET ACCORD. Mason introduces the reader to Haley Cartwright, a dedicated and influential member of Community Christian Church who is extremely conservative and is resistant to change. We also meet Matt Brandon who has just been hired as the new musical director of the church. Matt is almost the polar opposite of Haley. They immediately clash on their views of music in the church. To remedy their conflict, they are assigned to work together on a compromise so that all parties are happy. What ensues is more than either of them could have ever imagined.

SWEET ACCORD blends love and romance effortlessly. It shows a love of God and also love for our fellow human beings. The characters were well developed but in my opinion they seemed a bit too perfect and almost a clich?. Nonetheless, Felicia Mason has written a novel that both inspires and warms the heart.

Reviewed by Latoya Carter-Qawiyy
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

Rating:
Summary: Make a Joyful Noise
Review: Felicia Mason combines romance and Christianity in her novel, SWEET ACCORD. Mason introduces the reader to Haley Cartwright, a dedicated and influential member of Community Christian Church who is extremely conservative and is resistant to change. We also meet Matt Brandon who has just been hired as the new musical director of the church. Matt is almost the polar opposite of Haley. They immediately clash on their views of music in the church. To remedy their conflict, they are assigned to work together on a compromise so that all parties are happy. What ensues is more than either of them could have ever imagined.

SWEET ACCORD blends love and romance effortlessly. It shows a love of God and also love for our fellow human beings. The characters were well developed but in my opinion they seemed a bit too perfect and almost a cliché. Nonetheless, Felicia Mason has written a novel that both inspires and warms the heart.

Reviewed by Latoya Carter-Qawiyy
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

Rating:
Summary: Be honest
Review: I have enjoyed Sweet Accord as well as Testimony. It gives the understanding of how God would like "all" relationships to be. And reveals the struggles "humans" go through to become perfect. We are never going to be perfect in this world, we are working towards that perfection with the help of God's grace and mercy. Even though some may feel Ms. Mason and others are being hypocrites by writing about both spiritual and worldly situations, the fact of the matter is they both exist. I believe writers have the talent to bring light to what is happening in the world. With the conclusion that there is always hope. I don't feel disappointed in a writer unless the story has no direction. I applaud Ms. Mason and other writers for being couragous enough to be honest. As a Christian now for many, many years, I have learned you can't understand someone unless you look beyond the surface. How can you help if you can't understand their situation and stuggles. Sweet Accord and Testimony both have many good examples of that. I feel Sweet Accord was beautifully written. This will definitely be one to share.

Rating:
Summary: Be honest
Review: I have enjoyed Sweet Accord as well as Testimony. It gives the understanding of how God would like "all" relationships to be. And reveals the struggles "humans" go through to become perfect. We are never going to be perfect in this world, we are working towards that perfection with the help of God's grace and mercy. Even though some may feel Ms. Mason and others are being hypocrites by writing about both spiritual and worldly situations, the fact of the matter is they both exist. I believe writers have the talent to bring light to what is happening in the world. With the conclusion that there is always hope. I don't feel disappointed in a writer unless the story has no direction. I applaud Ms. Mason and other writers for being couragous enough to be honest. As a Christian now for many, many years, I have learned you can't understand someone unless you look beyond the surface. How can you help if you can't understand their situation and stuggles. Sweet Accord and Testimony both have many good examples of that. I feel Sweet Accord was beautifully written. This will definitely be one to share.

Rating:
Summary: questionable
Review: I really liked this book, so the title was corny and the plot followed a formula but it was a very well written book. The only thing that I'm disappointed at is that it confirms my suspicions about this certain publisher.

The Steeple Hill Love Inspired books are a line of inspirational romances from the ... romance publisher Harlequin. And the book business is a business, but I felt disappointed that this particular author also writes ... romance novels herself.

Look her up in amazon and her web page even lists ... romance novel. I live in a big city, and am a new Christian but I don't want to support some publisher that's out to take advantage of Christians money, and especially some author that writes racy novels.

Rating:
Summary: nice
Review: This book is very well written, but it feels very cliched. The town that the main characters live in is so out of the ordinary. They live in a small town where most people get along with others, remember Mayberry from the Andy Griffith Show? That's how this town is.

On some levels its hard to relate to the characters, I think that this book is geared towards those raised in the church. If you weren't raised like that, & didn't have a story book life, this might not be appealing.

Although I liked reading it, well...I wished that the book was more contemporary. On the plus side, the book is well written, fun, and sentimental.