The Boundless Bookshelf

  About the Book: ✦ Title: Love's Long Journey ✦ Author: Janette Oke ✦ Genre: Christian historical fiction ✦ Series: Book #3 in the Love Comes Softly series {see review for book #1 here and review for book #2 here! } ✦ Recommend for: ages 14+ My Personal Rating ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 📖 Synopsis Newlyweds Missie and Willie share a dream. However, it means that Missie must leave her parents, family and friends behind to join a wagon train and claim land in the West with her new husband. Overcoming incredible hardships on the journey, she grows into a mature wife and mother. Her faith in God and love for her husband give Missie the strength to make a new life and home in an unknown territory. 💭 My thoughts This is one of my favorite books in this series! I really enjoy the Little House on the Prairie feel, the lovely, strong faith content, Missie's growth and maturing, and just the overall sweetness of the story. I randomly noticed that in the previous book , Missie is said to have refined he...

  About the Book: ✦ Title: The Lady of Lanaria ✦ Author: Michaela Bush ✦ Genre: Christian fairytale retelling {Rapunzel} ✦ Series: Book #1 in the Legends of Lanaria series ✦ Recommend for: 14/15+ My Personal Rating 4 ½ ⭐ 📖 Synopsis A kidnapped princess, a promise, and a kingdom cursed with mysterious plagues. "Mark my words, Evangeline; if you set foot outside this tower, you will surely die." Evangeline has spent her entire life hidden in an ancient watchtower, gazing through a window as the world passes her by. She heeds her mother's warning closely, the truth hidden from her always. When a young guard stumbles upon the tower, Evangeline's life is changed forever. As she strikes up a secret friendship with the guard, she learns about the Kingdom of Lanaria and the mysterious plagues that haunt all who live there. But as she delves into the world she barely knows, not everything her mother says adds up. Will they find the truth before it's too late? 💭 My though...