Review: Predictable
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2014
This was the first book by Crabapple I have read. It was a short read about a widow with four children who was pushed into placing an ad for a mail order bride.I typically enjoy reading Mail Order Bride romances and did enjoy this one.  Millie being an orphan gave it a unique spin.That said, I found Crabapple's writing to be one of two things.  One, it was targeted for a young teen audience or two, she did not have confidence in her writing or her audience as she repeated or over explained mundane facts.  This was especially true of Millie's household duties.  It is one thing to give the reader insight to the challenges she met in keeping a home.  But to give so many meal plans, chore lists,  left me feeling the book had already been digested for me.While the spiritual focus was a great plus and certainly an encouragement to see in a story, it to was over done.  Or perhaps oversimplified.  And the unbending nature George displayed our such mattera did not reflect well on Christ's lovs for the church.I thought Crabapple was excellent in her portrayal.of the children at the ages indicated.  Patience stool my heart as soon as she was introduced.