A Memory Between Us

This is the second novel in the Wings of Glory series, but could easily stand alone telling the story of the next brother in the Novak clan. When I read the first book in the series, [b:A Distant Melody 6633798 A Distant Melody (Wings of Glory, #1) Sarah Sundin https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1439522311l/6633798.SY75.jpg 6828190] I fell completely in love with the writing of author Sarah Sundin and my feelings have not changed. This past spring brought a treasure with the discovery of adventure within the pages guided by Sarah. About the first book I said... This is a historical romance that has all of the elements that one's heart looks for and while at the same time bringing forth events of a war time past that are true and hard to accept. Usually I am not a fan of war time novels, but this one captures my heart. Then with this second installment with the Wings of Glory those feelings continue on. Penelope Ruth is such a character. Spunky, yet timid. Jack is a hoot and a half and their personalities both make me laugh as they come off the page. I absolutely love these characters as they are so witty and fun. Even our secondary characters of Charlie and May, they show the joys and hard true and realities of the time. War novels are not usually for me, but even with terminology that is a different language to me, the story really comes through and paints and incredible picture. It is a picture that is sometimes gray and sometimes vibrant with blue skies and sometimes a sepia tone with mud, but it's there all the same. It's amazing how much can be told in such a short amount of pages it seems. Watching and learning all the different snippets of what brought Jack and Ruth to certain points in their lives is interesting and I was hooked to find out what would come in the next chapter and the next. Things can be so complicated, but with issues of love and pride and trust the plot even though historical is very relevant to today and any reader's life. So many directions the characters could go and hanging on for the ride with my heart beating and my emotions running is such a journey. Even the characters of questionable nature make me plot in my mind what their turn of events could be and in the end, isn't it always true that we have to trust God over all. Watching the come and go and relationship with God with Jack, Ruth and even May enlightens things that I may have once thought as absolute. Yet what is so beautifully shown in their lives is that even in the turmoil there is a role that God is playing, we just have to trust. I am delighted to have found Sarah as an author for my permanent shelves of books and I will impatiently wait for the next book and the next! Thanks to Donna Hausler of Revell Books for providing a copy for review.

SO good! I loved this one. I was on the edge of my seat for the last half, which was fine by me; the library bought the copy at my request, but it has holds, and expires tomorrow, so I needed to cram. I may regret it at 6:30 am, but right now I'm just feeling warm fuzzies and hoping to find my own copy soon.

So much for a coherent review. But I loved the foursome: Jack, Ruth, Charlie, and May...and it was great to have the little cameos of Walt and Allie from the first book.