Book Review: The Radiance of the Moon by Ashley Worrell

 


The Radiance of the Moon - Ashley Worrell - 4 Stars 

Had the best time reading this! Releases on February 27, 2024.

- Clean, Christian Medieval Romance 
- Scottish Protective Hero & Irish Widow Finding Love 
- Scottish dialogue, history, political intrigue and clans 
- Ruth and Boaz Inspired (Not a Retelling but some elements inspired a unique story)
- Great faith content, forgiveness and redemption
- Author's debut novel
- Looking forward to the next book!

This book is set in 1383 and if you love a good Medieval Scottish romance, pick this up! I became interested in this story when one of my friends recommended it to me and it did not disappoint. It felt like such an original story to me and as someone who LOVES Scottish stories, I was here for it! The faith content in this was so beautiful, it blew me away. We see Chieftain Hector and Irish widow Cara. They each have been through so much. Hector struggled with drinking and a past reputation less than to be desired and Cara went through spousal abuse for 10 years. When her husband passes away, it seems she has a new start is among her as she follows her mother-in-law to a new area. She had some traits reminiscent of Ruth and I loved that. Hector is betrothed to someone he doesn't want to marry for political reasons but when he meets Cara, they fall in love and he has to decide what to do. I enjoyed seeing them get to know one another throughout the process and their romance was sweet, even if I did want a little more communication between them at times. :)

I loved the faith and hope throughout this story the most and how the Lord was with our characters to help them overcome their trials and tribulations. I also love the faith elements were pulled from some of Ashley's own story as well. Solid debut from Ashley and look forward to the next book in the series.

Thank you to the author for providing a copy to honestly read and review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Content notes: Some scenes of Cara's previous husband being abusive, Hector's alcoholism shown but also shown is his story being redeemed by Jesus, attempted sexual assault, romance is clean and no language.

Goodreads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6007538374
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3SSX48K

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