The Glassblower (Heartsong Presents - Historical, #880) (Jersey Brides, #1)

by Laurie Alice Eakes

• ISBN10: 1602606749
• ISBN13: 9781602606746
• Publish Date: 11 November 2009
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 16 January 2015
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Barbour Publishing
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 169
• Language: English

Reviews

[phyllish]

The Glassblower was a hauntingly beautiful story.  Meg was being forced into an arranged marriage, which perplexed her because it was uncharacteristic of her father to do this.  Her dream was to open a school so she could teach the underprivileged children in her neighborhood.  And yet, someone appeared to be determined to destroy her schoolhouse.

Colin was a poor glassblower, who was very talented, yet it was anathema for him to aspire to see the love of his master's daughter.  Despite the decree, and despite the fact she was as good as engaged, his heart wouldn't let her go.

This is my favorite kind of historical novel - one where I learn more about the time and place.  In this book, I also learned a little about glassblowing and about glass in the early 1800s in general.  The relationships between Meg and her father and Meg and Colin were very sweet and the entire story left me with a feeling of satisfaction.

This book is part of a series, but is a story that stands by itself.This review was originally posted on Among the Reads

[cherryblossommj]

As a reader and lover of Christian Historical Fiction there are many books that have been missing from the Creative Madness Mama shelves in the first round of publication when they came out as mass market paperback. Now that many are coming out a bit and a bit in eBook format this mama us thrilled!

The Glassblower is the first of these originally mass market books that I have been able to enjoy through my Kindle and it was a delight beginning to end. I do enjoy Laurie and it will be great to be able to enjoy her older titles as they begone electronically available.

With an excitable heroine, a hero with a Scottish brogue and a very despicable villain the book has it all for entertainment and romance.

Thanks to Laurie for providing a Kindle gift copy for review.

posted: http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2012/05/31/the-glassblower-by-laurie-alice-eakes/