From Shards to Sea Glass

by Michele Wilder

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From Shards to Sea Glass by Michele Wilder

A beautifully compelling mystery

My rating is 4.5 stars

Claire was riddled with anxiety and fear and didn’t know or understand God’s love. Despite her fear of the ocean, she moved to the rugged coast of Maine, hoping to solve the mystery left by her parents.

From Shards to Sea Glass is a beautiful debut novel. I was drawn to it from the moment I saw the cover and read the description. I have been excited for the opportunity to read it and was not at all disappointed!

The characters were delightfully flawed and perfectly likable. Except when they were stubborn or did mean things when they were hurting. Like we all tend to do. I loved the way the author didn’t make things easy for them. With circumstances, fears, and others attempting to keep them apart and their attraction for one another drawing them together, I was very interested to see what was going to happen. And then, once everything seemed to be going so well – it wasn’t.

The secondary characters were also wonderful! I fell in love with Grace, the owner of the tea shop, with her meddling ways. And the postmistress was perfectly stereotyped, which really was appropriate here.

The mystery was compelling. The clues were doled out sparingly but not so much so to be frustrating.

My favorite part of the book, however, was the beautiful analogy of the sea glass. I’ve already been fascinated by the way things that have been broken and discarded can be transformed into something beautiful and desired by storm-tossed waves. The way the author compared that to the way that God works in our lives – lovely!


This review was originally posted on Among the Reads

I would like to thank Michele Wilder for giving me a copy of this book. This gift did not influence my opinion or review.