Can we just take a moment for me to say that I am obsessed with Christian/historical/romance fiction?! I know most of them are incredibly cliche and some of them a little silly, but they’re like CHOCOLATE. Chocolate, guys, chocolate. Do you know how big my love is for chocolate? My love for these books is almost as big as my love for chocolate. That’s a lot of love, ya’ll.

I bought this book for only $2 on my Kindle, and it was so good I would have paid way more to read this had I known how much I was going to love it. (Psst. Stop here real quick and read what this book’s all about right here.) A Bride’s Dilemma in Friendship Tennessee was sweet, and a little sassy. I loved (capital L-O-V-E-D, loved), the main character, Heaven. And get this: the sisters in this book are named Heaven and Angel! How cute is that?

So as I said in the beginning, this book is a Christian/historical/romance fiction book (I know, that’s a lot of genres!), and I really appreciated the balance of romance and family in this story. All throughout the book, Heaven’s #1 priority was her little sister, Angel. Because Heaven was all alone with her now blind sister, having lost her mother, Heaven is determined to raise Angel sweet and proper – keeping her safe at the same time. That really touched a soft part in my heart, because I’m an older sister myself, and I could really understand Heaven’s protectiveness of Angel.

If I were to describe Heaven in one word, I’d say determined. She’s determined to stay in her father’s cabin, even if her father’s dying wish was to leave the cabin to a young man he met on a boat. She’s determined to protect herself and Angel, even though in doing so she nearly kills someone. (Don’t worry, this was really more hilarious than it was violent or anything else!) She’s determined to not let her feelings interfere with the decisions she needs to make for her and Heaven.

Something that was really interesting was the switching perspectives in the book. It was really neat, because I got to slip inside nearly every character’s head at least once in the book. I knew what both characters were thinking, even though they didn’t know what the other was thinking. So I was always like “NOOO, that’s not what he meant when he said that!” the entire book.

*Spoiler alert! Don’t read if you want to read the book!* One bone I have to pick at this book is that while Heaven’s fiance (who she thought was dead), was on his way to her (she didn’t know it), he didn’t arrive until near the end. I was disappointed, because Heaven didn’t have to choose between the two men in her lives (hence, A Bride’s Dilemma), until the end. And even then, there wasn’t much competition. (No, I’m not telling you who she picks! Ha ha ha!) So I think the title of the book is a little discombobulating. *Spoiler over!*

So other than that one thing (the spoiler 😉 ), I LOVED this book. I think I’ll give it…

4.5 stars! Have you ever read this book? Do you read Christian/historical/romance fiction?

Until Friday!

xx, Emily