Historical Romance
I received a free eARC of Woman at the Light by Joanna Brady
from NetGalley. I want to start
first with what Goodreads says about the book:
One afternoon in 1839, Emily
Lowry’s husband vanishes from Wreckers’ Cay, an isolated island off the coast
of Key West where he tends to the lighthouse. As days stretch into months,
Emily has no choice but take charge of Wrecker’s Cay and her husband’s duties
tending the light to support her three children—and a fourth on the way. Unexpected
help arrives when a runaway slave named Andrew washes up on their beach. At
first, Emily is intensely wary of this strange, charming man, whose very
presence there is highly illegal. But Andrew proves himself an enormous help
and soon wins the hearts of the Lowry family. And—far from the outside world
and society’s rules—his place in Emily’s life, as steadfast now as the light,
will forever change their futures. When Emily’s family is ripped apart once
again, she faces untold hardships that test her love and determination and show
how the passionate love of a defiant, determined woman can overcome any
obstacle.
The description of Woman at the Light caught
my attention. While true to that
description I found the book itself to be lacking.
Characters: The main character, Emily Lowry,
is certainly strong in some areas but weak in charting her own course. She just
went with the flow. Her actions were not consistent with what I expected.
Character development was not that strong in the book.
Plot: The story line moved at a good pace. Again I felt that much of the
development was weak. This was a
pleasant book to read. It just did
not have the tension I expected.
Worldbuilding: The historical setting is interesting. The
history of Key West is accurate. I
did feel that it was not totally true to the feelings and actions of people of
that era. Everything sounded sugar coated.
I have very lukewarm feelings about
the book. This is the first book
by Joanna Brady that I have read so I don’t know if this is typical of her
writing or story telling but based on this book I probably will not pick up
anything else she has written.
St. Martin’s Press published Woman at the Light by Joanna
Brady in 2011.
1 comment:
I love the sound of the summary of this book, its such a shame that the characters and the plot are not as strong as they sound.
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