Review: Loved This Book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2014
Light the Fire is the second book that I have read by Mary Manners and it was oh so good! This contemporary fiction novel deals with some deep hurts, trust issues and guilt burdens that would make you think it would be a very heavy and dark book. But that is just not the case. The author has done a fantastic job of writing characters that I just couldn’t help but love and she weaves in lighthearted moments that balance out the heavy ones.Rena is the main female character in Light the Fire. This woman is carrying around an abundance of guilt and pain from events in her past. She works hard to help others, but feels that she is not worthy of happiness and struggles with the idea that anyone, including God, could forgive her when she cannot forgive herself.Cody is the main male character in the book. He is a strong man in many ways. He is dedicated to being there for his late brother’s widow and sons, he loves God, and as he gets to know Rena, he is patient with her even though he doesn’t know the exact burden she carries.This book was very hard to put down and impossible to stop thinking about when I wasn’t reading it! I loved the characters, the plot and basically everything about the book. I would highly recommend it to fans of contemporary Christian fiction.I received a complimentary copy of this book from White Rose Publishing through The Book Club Network in exchange for an honest review, which I have given.