Gather Reverie (Hollow Hearts #1) Generated By Christina Yother File

at a young age Hetty is convinced that her circumstances make her unworthy of having a family of her own, When a job opportunity as a housekeeper presents itself Hetty accepts believing that working for Isaac Wheeler and his family is a welcome, if not temporary, surrogate for her own family dreams.
As shes faced with learning to trust she discovers that wanting a family and building a family are two very different things, Will she learn to see herself as worthy of Gods gifts Or will she return to the solitary existence that defined so much of her life

Isaac Wheeler, successful furniture maker and dishonorable bachelor, finds Hettys presence in his home to be disturbing and a haunting reminder of his past sins.
As he struggles with his growing and unwanted feelings, he cant help but torment himself with mistakes from his past, Can he navigate the family tensions, infidelity, and sudden choices destined to keep them apart Or can Isaac endure each struggle and seek forgiveness before discovering what truly makes a family I really enjoyed reading this book.
I loved the characters. I look forward to reading more books by Christina Yother, I was given a copy of the book to read and review, This is a sweet tale, Easy to read and interesting, Perfect beach read. I wanted to be Hetty's friend by the end and see what is next for her,

I'm impressed by Christina's first novel! Reverie Hollow Heartsby Christina Yother is a light, easyread for those who enjoy Christian romance, Hetty is a young woman unsure of her place in this world, Desiring to experience the love and acceptance of a family, something she has never known but believes she does not deserve, serves as the catalyst for this story.
A reminder that what is said and done to a young child has consequences well into adulthood, I thoroughly enjoyed this story and look forward to reading Reliance Hollow Hearts, I loved the characters and the way their lives centered so fully on family and community, Reading Reverie was a lovely exercise in traveling back to a simpler time, and yet the struggle of accepting yourself in order to accept love from others is timeless.
I can't wait to read the second installment in this trilogy! Sweet Story

Very wholesome and sweet, So nice and refreshing to read such an innocent story about love and community! Looking forward to book, I loved this book. Hetty and Isaac were great characters that had me rooting for them from the beginning, There was romance, conflict, and drama, Christina Yother's descriptions were exquisite in detail without taking away from the story, I will definitely read more from this author, Orphan girl finds true love,

This book kept my interest all the way through, A nice story with a happy ending, God watched over her. It is short, it is clean, it is done, it is deleted, . . can't find anything else positive to say about it, I varied betweenandwith this one, To begin, I rarely read Inspirational Romance and so this isn't quite up my alley, My biggest issue: it's a novella stretched out to a full size novel, meaning there is far too much repetition and the first half is very slow.
There's also too much name usage, We don't constantly use each others' names when we're talking and characters shouldn't, either,

Overall, Reverie is a nice sweet read that doesn't get too preachy, and I appreciate that, The characters are realistic and fun, The setting is described nicely, There is plenty of character growth, A good debut novel. I expect to see far more from this author in the future, JD Says

Reverie is a nice story, but it needs a lot of work,

Ill focus on the plus side of my review, The story is sweet and would be categorized as Christian fiction, The era is appealing to faithbased readers,

Unfortunately, there is nothing fresh about this story line, its all been done before, The characters are not fleshed out and even get out of the “character” Yother was attempting to build for them, The author takes some liberties with historical dialogue, using terminology which had not yet been coined during the time frame of her storya pet peeve that will always remove me from the story.
Head hopping also takes me out of a scene and there was plenty of that to go around, Hetty and Lottie are a couple of the characters names, which is fine until you get them in the same scene together, I will stop there.

I am providing,because I believe the author has talent and can only get better,

If there were less repetitive narrations, less head hopping, less swearing, tighter dialogue and story lines, I might have enjoyed where the author was trying to take me.
I will give Christina Yother another book or two and see how far shes come with her writing style before I check her out again, Who knows, I may become a fan someday, just not with Reverie,


Jan Says, . .

I love historical fiction, especially one with a Christian world view,

For me, the whole point of writing historical fiction is to put the reader in the time and place making the reader feel they are immersed in it.
As a reader I love reading about other times and the people that lived in the past,

Although Reverie is a sweet story with some good characters and plot line, I felt let down by the lack of some important elements, the first being I never got that sense of where the story was taking place or the time frame.
At no time did I feel connected to the era, and I lacked anchoring through the setting,

I had great difficulty involving myself in the characters because of the ever changing points of view, One phrase was seen through the eyes of one character, and then all of a sudden I was in the head of another character, There are rules about “head

hopping” in a scene, for good reason,

Hetty, the main character is a likable woman, with a noble dream and solid character,

That came through very clear, and I liked her, But I never got to know her as I wished I could, The same for all the other characters that seemed to come and go through the story with no feelings other than those that were told to us by the narrator or solid interaction.
I will say, the author did a good job of adding conflict and created a welcomed change of heart for the love interest I rooted for,

The dialogue was a bit trite, and the action explained, not shown through revealing character emotions and motives, I would have appreciated the story more if more attention would have been paid to flow and depth of character believability,

I wanted to like the story more than I did, but two is all I can give Reverie,
I read this book over a round trip flight and really enjoyed it, The characters were lovable and the historical setting added so much as well, I will definitely be buying the next book in the series! This book was an inspirational, Christian book that really delivered!

It was a sweet, wholesome, compelling read that keeps you turning and turning the pages looking for more.
The characters were well developed and mostly likeable,

It was able to stand alone and deliver an HEA, which is a mighty important point for me,

So I would recommend it to anyone! A charming story, marred by sloppy editing, With a good scrub of the text, this would be a sweet historical Christian romance that will appeal to readers who loved These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder and books in that vein.
This story has both Christian undertones, with the well used family Bible, dinner prayer, and church attendance while also being a bit sexier than a traditional Sweet story.
The kissing scenes are quite intense and since the author is new to me, I thought it actually might leave the Sweet genre, But I enjoyed this indepth story of an orphan girl who finally finds love and family and self acceptance!
The narration was almost perfect! I loved her deeper voice.

There were a few sections where the lines were repeated, so the book needs that corrected, but I can't wait to read/listen to more in this series! Heartwarming Love Story

The author makes you feel as if you are right there watching the characters.
You sense their emotions and your drawn into their lives, The only negative is the lack of proofreading and editing, There were wrong words and misspellings, Christina Yother writes historical and contemporary fiction, She has been involved with writing, blogging, and social media for several years and earned a PhD inby writing one of the first dissertations to explore how women build community through writing online.
She lives in small town Georgia with her husband and three children where she runs carpool, drinks too much coffee, and avoids wearing real pants, .