Book Review: Love in the Storm by Mandi Blake

 


Book Review: Love in the Storm by Mandi Blake - 4.5 Stars! 

Ya'll Mandi Blake does it AGAIN! Her books are always just the BEST comfort reads for me personally and I loved this one. A snowed in trope, forced proximity, characters with depth, a sweet romance, great Christian faith content, what more could we ask for?! 

In this story, we have Lyric who is a new Christian with a troubled past filled with drugs, alcohol and mistakes. She's been clean for 5 years and is a new Christian excited for her journey with the Lord. When a snowstorm sneaks up on them, Lyric gets stranded with the handsome police officer, Asa, who arrested her 10 years ago. He doesn't recognize her right away but she's worried how will he feel after he finds out her past... They get to know each other and the rest is history as a romance blossoms.

I loved the way Mandi wrote this story. It was a quicker romance but YALL even though I am not a quick romance person, Mandi ALWAYS gets me hyped for the couple and their romance! The way she writes it doesn't feel like instalove to me, it feels natural and just a feel good, sweet, Christian romance. I appreciate that about her stories. I also love how layered these characters were. Lyric had her past mistakes she was dealing with and Asa had the grief of losing his wife to cancer several years ago and how to live life as a single Dad on him. I also LOVE the single Dad trope finding love again, so that was a bonus for me. 

Overall, I loved this book and am looking forward to book 2 with Dawson's story since we met him in this one.

4.5/5

Goodreads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6247762519
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3w2RBFg

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