Harrow Lake is a bit of a suspenseful book. I didn’t read it before bed just in case it got scary, but I didn’t need to worry that much. The thrill comes more from not knowing what the secrets are.
Blaze of Light is an important story of how one of our nation’s Medal of Honor winners struggled with life after war. It shows the importance of taking care of all our veterans as some wounds can’t be seen. The book is slow in parts, but as a biography it is telling a true story. I would recommend this to readers who like biographies and military books.
As the two stories unfold in The Englisch Daughter, there is more drama than you would typically expect in the Amish world. However, it makes the characters more real and authentic than I’ve seen in an Amish novel yet. I really enjoyed the story.