Reverie

Christina Yother connects with every selfless woman through the main character, Hetty. After losing both of her parents, Hetty finds herself in a group home, destined to have no future but of a caregiver. As Yother takes Hetty through trials and tribulations, the reader feels the emotions the character endures. As fate will have it, Hetty finds herself as a caregiver to a family with someone that makes her heart stutter! If you love a lazy Sunday afternoon read, this is it!

Reverie is a warm and heartfelt book with characters to fall in love with and get to know better as the story progresses. There are many emotions that are triggered as one reads this beautiful and sometimes agonizing story. The characters are fully developed around a story line that warms your heart and leaves you yearning for more.

An absolutely lovely read. Faith, forgiveness, and love make a family. Lefty growing up as an orphan yet desiring to be part of a family finds just that. I was given this book for an honest review.

Absolutely loved this book. Fantastic book for all ages. Sweet story about true romantic love, as well as respect and love for community. Cannot wait for Christina Yother's next book "Reliance"!!!!!

I'm not a person who typically reads romance novels but I fell hard for this one. I was immediately engaged with the simplicity of the era and the sweetness of the characters. It reads like the "Little House on the Prairie" novels for grown-ups, and this is high praise from me. Finishing the novel put me in the mood to turn off my iPad and bake something.

This is a sweet easy read. Stirs feelings in one that feel good. I can't wait for the next one to come out. I love the story line. I am not going to ruin for you other than say it brings to light inner struggles and how differently everyone deals with them.

In Hollow, Montana in 1883, Hetty Grace’s world is turned upside down when Alma Calhoun, the woman she is a companion for, leaves for Philadelphia to be with her ailing sister. Fortunately, she's able to secure a job working for the Wheeler family on a nearby farm. Isaac Wheeler is a furniture maker and a bachelor living with his mother, widowed brother Elias, and Elias’ daughter, Lottie. Both Isaac and Hetty consider themselves unworthy of love–Hetty because she is an orphan and Isaac because of the mistakes in his past. With a little divine intervention, family meddling and a lot of faith, can these two love starved souls overcome their pasts to claim the love they crave?

This book made me rethink my aversion to historical romances. There wasn't a petticoat to be found! The writing didn't feel dated but flowed off the page. The romance was the central focus of the story, not the setting, and Ms. Yother’s writing allowed me to get lost in Hetty and Isaac, not the lack of central heating or air conditioning. She captured the time period beautifully while crafting a story that is timeless.

Reverie is a character driven romance that pulls you in and keeps you interested until the very last page. I loved Hetty and Isaac together. I loved the interaction between Hetty and Isaac and Isaac’s family. The secondary issues and themes that they brought to the story fleshed out the conflict and added texture to the story. The relationships that Hetty built with Isaac’s family both pulled them together and caused her to step back. It was an interesting dynamic to watch unfold on the page. The conflicting feelings that exist between Isaac and his brother Elias were another great aspect of the story. The fact that most of the tension and guilt is all one-sided makes it even more compelling.

I won’t spoil all of the surprises by mentioning all of the other characters that you will meet, but just know that the town of Hollow, Montana is full of interesting characters that you will love just as much as the Wheeler family. I thought that the minor characters in Reverie were used to good advantage, but were also more than plot devices. Each character felt fully fleshed out.

I felt the faith element was used very well throughout the book. It felt like faith was a normal part of life for both Hetty and the Wheelers, not something thrown in at the last second to fit a genre. At the same time, the faith element wasn't preachy and it didn't take over the story.

The short of it: Read this book! This has all the important ingredients in a romance: characters you want to root for, believable impediments to them being together,unique ways of putting them together, a sweet reveal of their feelings for each other, and I didn’t feel like I missed out on the best parts of their journey. The faith element was strong throughout without feeling overdone or overemphasized.

I hope you will faill in love with Hetty and Isaac as much as I did. I was thrilled to learn that Hetty and Isaac are returning in the follow up to Reverie as Ms. Yother tells Isaac's brother, Elias' story. I can't wait until it is available October 7th.