An Awakened Heart Orphan Train An Orphan Train Novella edition by Jody Hedlund Religion Spirituality eBooks
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Trying to heal the ache she feels in her empty life, wealthy Christine Pendleton decides to volunteer at Centre Street Chapel. Ministering to one of the most deprived parts of New York City, the chapel aims at making a difference in the lives of the impoverished immigrants flooding the city. After seeing firsthand the hopelessness of the poor women and orphans, Christine is convinced more can be done to help them.
Guy Bedell has been serving at the chapel and pouring his heart out for the people he's grown to care about. When Christine begins to challenge his methods and offers a new vision for reaching out to the community, can he trust that perhaps God has bigger plans in store for him--plans that may include this feisty socialite?
An Awakened Heart Orphan Train An Orphan Train Novella edition by Jody Hedlund Religion Spirituality eBooks
Good storyline but it appears this book was written with the sole purpose of making you purchase the next book to find out what happens.Every plot and subplot was left unfinished. I am so tired of an author who does this. If the first book is good enough, readers will purchase the next one. I refuse to read an authors' other works if they do this.
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An Awakened Heart Orphan Train An Orphan Train Novella edition by Jody Hedlund Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews
Christine Pendleton lives a life of privilege in nineteenth-century Manhattan, but isn't content to spend all her time charming high society. She knows God wants more from and for her, and she thinks she's found it among Manhattan's impoverished immigrant women and children. Christine aches to tend to their physical needs, but Reverend Guy Bedell seems to think a good sermon on the evils of sin, especially prostitution, will fix everything. When he and Christine clash, romance appears on the horizon--along with a good dose of hope for Guy, Christine, and those they try to provide for.
Jody Hedlund provides the outline of two great characters in Guy and Christine. In particular, I enjoyed the way they worked through how to take care of physical and spiritual needs without letting one or the other fall through the cracks. I was also interested in their depths - who they were as people and who they would become if they strengthened each other with God's leading. Unfortunately, Jody only scratches the surface with our romantic couple. We know, for instance, that Christine feels unloved and has been rejected by almost everyone around her, but that's because we're told. We know she wants to be more than a society damsel, but again, that's because we're told. The same is true for Guy. Moreover, their characters are kind of boring; how many times have you seen the good-hearted but overly pious reverend, or the highborn lady who longs for more out of life and gets it through "slumming?" (I'm not going to touch the unfortunate implications there, although Guy and Christine's hearts are in the right places).
Actually, I was far more interested in Elise Neumann and her sisters, who Christine and Guy form relationships with and endeavor to help. But since I'd already read Elise's story in With You Always, I didn't enjoy their backstory as much as I could have. Overall, I'd say read this if you're interested in prequels, but know that With You Always stands alone fine without it.
Powerful Christian historic romance set in Manhattan during the times of immigrant desperation in tenements (late 1850s). Ms. Hedlund captured believable characters who acted consistently, grew, developed, and believably fell in love (Christine and Guy are so perfect for each other and had me rooting for their success and happily ever after from the beginning). I had such enormous compassion for the German immigrant sisters, Elise who finds herself responsible for two younger sisters and two tiny, motherless children. The girls are desperate to get out of their uncle's dingy, dirty apartment in the immigrant tenement but discover the street is even worse. I loved how the stories converged and that the Christian elements weren't about Bible verses but were about how Christians actually live and respond to life's circumstances. So refreshing to see a minister who welcomes and thrills in the natural responses a man has for a woman, while remaining a clean read. Superbly written. Can't wait for the next installment in this series. I must preorder. It's THAT good.
Sensuality Level Rated G to mild PG, depending on personal boundaries
Language Rated G
Violence Rated PG, and all is inherent to the story and living conditions in New York City, with the strong preying upon the weak
Christine Pendleton has always felt unlovable. She comes from a wealthy family, but her parents treated her as a disappointment before they died. She’d spend the last years caring for her mother, and now at thirty, she’s a spinster with little hope of marriage. Yet, she feels God calling her to help the impoverished women in the slums of New York in 1857. And she tries not to give in to her growing feelings for the minister who also works with the poor and needy.
I fell in love with the characters in this novel. After reading several slow novels, this one read quickly and smoothly. However, it didn’t really have much of an ending. Although there wasn’t a cliffhanger, nothing was really settled, and the reader must buy the next book (which is in per-order, because it hasn’t released yet) to find out what happens. I hate this practice. It seems too deceitful and underhanded for Christian writers and publishers. I’m much more likely to buy the next book if I’m given a complete story on the first one. The story can continue, but no book should be left without an ending unless it tells the readers this upfront. However, everything else was so good that I couldn't bring myself to rate it too low, even though I agree with everything Ashleigh's granny says in her review.
Good storyline but it appears this book was written with the sole purpose of making you purchase the next book to find out what happens.
Every plot and subplot was left unfinished. I am so tired of an author who does this. If the first book is good enough, readers will purchase the next one. I refuse to read an authors' other works if they do this.
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