Love Comes Softly Complete Pack by Janette Oke

The morning sun shone brightly on the canvas of the covered wagon, promising an unseasonably warm day for mid-October. I may or may not read more in the series. The characters were very lovable and sweet, and the story was intriguing and interesting.Īll in all, this was kind of a 'meh' book for me. That was probably my main beef with this book. I couldn't focus on the story because of it. While I often times like the authentic feel accented dialogue gives a character, I think it was too much in this case. I had to reread a bit of dialogue two or three times just to know what the character was saying. Each character has a very thick backwoods accent, and whether that was realistic or not, it really drew me out of the story. I wanted to hit myself over the head with the book a few times because of it. I prefer something with a little more 'life' to it. (Please nobody hit me.) It's very stripped down, and doesn't really delve much into the characters emotions. I can't say I'm a huge fan of Oke's writing style. Well, that ended up being better than I thought. Over time though, Marty grows to realize that she loves Clark. The area preacher is a traveling one who is due to leave the next day, so for propriety's sake, they get married, even though they don't live together as husband and wife. Clark lost his wife within the past year and has a young daughter whom he feels needs a mother.

In this case, Marty and Clark end up getting married for convenience: Marty's just lost her husband to a sudden illness and is pregnant with his child. that the relationship deepens into love without ever having that initial spark. It might be that after a time of being together as friends etc. I enjoyed it both times.The title seems to refer to the fact that most of us think that love is some frisson of energy or fireworks whenever we're together or something like that, but in reality, sometimes, love sneaks up on you. The book recently came up as a free offering for Kindle so I decided to read it again. I read this book (and the series) years ago when a friend introduced me to Janette Oke.

Love Comes Softly Complete Pack by Janette Oke