Blue skies tomorrow

I think I might have a book hangover after this...

I still hold to the opinion that I think A Distant Melody might be one of my favorite books ever. I also quite loved A Memory Between Us. When I first started Blue Skies Tomorrow I was expecting the same feelings from page one, but they were not quite there. However at about the halfway point when a few things picked up, I was once again enthralled and love the writing from Sarah Sundin!! My reading status at about 195 pages in said:

I loved the first two books in the series and say that the first one might even be one of my favorite books ever. This one not so much, but I think it is because I am having such a hard time digesting the character of Jim. Even if he is dead, he is very much active in the lives of the others. Some reason I keep wanting Ray's mother to fix everything. I don't know why but I feel like she could... Yet then after finishing the book, my first thoughts were: Around halfway thru this novel really kicked up and was the same fiction that I love. I cried and rejoiced. Awesome second half to finish. Definitely want more from Sarah.

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 the second and third installment with the Wings of Glory those feelings continue on. 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.

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 Revell Books for providing a copy for review.

Originally posted: http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2011/08/22/blue-skies-tomorrow-by-sarah-sundin/