5 Stars Out Of 5!
“She was good at keeping secrets. She had kept them for years. It’s what people in Gossamer Grove did.”
“Real faith is knowing forgiveness comes, you change, and then you walk and struggle together. Jam your knees, hit your knuckles, scrapes, bruises, broken legs, whatever. Life is hard and it takes guts, faith, and a massive amount of out-of-this-world grace.”
“A reckoning day will come.”
Every book I read by Jaime Jo Wright brings me one step closer to her being my favorite writer. I love the dual time periods in her storytelling, it’s gothic writing style, and the rawness that is missing in too much Christian fiction. She shows the realness of sin and the beauty of grace and forgiveness. Her characters are often flawed and broken just like all of us and a they are a good reminder of the salvation we can find in Jesus.
The Reckoning At Gossamer Pond caught my attention early on with its main characters of Libby (1907) and Annalise and Garrett (present day). While some parts were slow as the story was building, I tore through it around the 50% mark to its breathtaking conclusion. There is a lot of drama and mystery going on in both time periods and I loved every minute of it. A lot of characters were dealing with the consequences of their sin and it made for a very interesting read. As always, Jaime Jo Wright weaves together both time periods together flawlessly. And loved the author’s note at the end which showed how she took some real events and fictionalized it. Can’t wait for another book of hers!
