I would rate this book a 4.5. It was a great book, but not
quite a 5 quality. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. It is
Melissa Jagears’s debut novel, so I did not set my expectations high. I loved
the story plot. This was a mail order bride story with a twist, the groom did
not order the bride and he was not expecting her. Julia did not want to marry
Everett and Everett did not want to be hurt by another woman and marry Julie.
They both knew that they had to get married for convenience. Everett and Julia
both started to develop feelings for each other, but they also both tried to
ignore those feelings. Both of them had valid reasons for oppressing their
feelings, but after a while I just wanted to yell at them to get over it and go
tell the person how they feel. The reason why I did not give the book a 5 is
because after a while it started to get old. There were times when I just
wanted to tell Julia to stop being so scared to love her husband. Eventually
things did turn around, but I had to wait until the end. I liked Everett and Julie as well as Rachel.
The characters enhanced the appeal of the book in my opinion. I look forward to
reading future novels by Melissa Jagears. I would definitely recommend this book
to my friends.
I received this book for free from Bethany House Publishers
for my honest review.
