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A review by parklandmom
The Rhythm of Fractured Grace by Amanda Wen
5.0
Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ + (5+ stars)
Read: March 31, 2024
Format: paperback
Challenge Prompt: EOW’s prompt of, “Anything I choose” for the “read anytime in 2024” option
Book #33 of 2024: WOW!!!!! I don’t even know what to write! Eeek!!! Forgive my onset of many words off the cuff….
I listened to the first two books on audio after the second was released. I couldn’t wait for the audiobook to release this time and I wanted the set in paperback anyway. It was hard enough to wait over a month from the release of this one until I read it today, Resurrection Sunday.
As with the other two books, I heartily give 5+ stars! The author had me immersed from early on. The books are all split-time and each is so different. Yet there are strong commonalities of mystery, a little romance, history, love of family, the awesome love of God, healing, and HOPE.
Current day: Siobhan (sha-von) is a hurting person doing her level best to cope and move on after a heartless betrayal as a victim of grooming and abuse. Matt is a man who got his life on track thanks to great influences of family, and a man named Trace, whom he looks up to. What he learns from Siobhan, after developing a friendship with her, has him reeling and searching for the truth.
In the historical part of this book, we learn of a father and two daughters who survived a scalping. The rest of the family sadly perished. Deborah, the older of the two, struggles with her scars, inside and out, years later. She marries a widower to help him with his daughter, feeling it is the closest she will ever come to a marriage of love. A huge secret later comes out after a devastating loss. She feels she cannot let go of her anger or forgive.
Learning how the present and past intertwine is done so well. I thoroughly enjoyed both timelines and it felt seamless going back and forth from one to the other. I don’t want to say more than that so that I don’t spoil anything for future readers.
As a person who has been a singer my entire life, I really enjoyed the part that music played in both timelines. Learning about violin repair was quite fascinating as well.
I strongly encourage all three books be read-and in order-to get the absolute most out of this series. I would encourage readers to take in the Author’s Note at the end of this book.
This will always be one of my most favourite series ever. The message of the God’s love is beautiful. I cannot wait to read whatever the author writes in the future. I hope there are many, many more novels to come!
Read: March 31, 2024
Format: paperback
Challenge Prompt: EOW’s prompt of, “Anything I choose” for the “read anytime in 2024” option
Book #33 of 2024: WOW!!!!! I don’t even know what to write! Eeek!!! Forgive my onset of many words off the cuff….
I listened to the first two books on audio after the second was released. I couldn’t wait for the audiobook to release this time and I wanted the set in paperback anyway. It was hard enough to wait over a month from the release of this one until I read it today, Resurrection Sunday.
As with the other two books, I heartily give 5+ stars! The author had me immersed from early on. The books are all split-time and each is so different. Yet there are strong commonalities of mystery, a little romance, history, love of family, the awesome love of God, healing, and HOPE.
Current day: Siobhan (sha-von) is a hurting person doing her level best to cope and move on after a heartless betrayal as a victim of grooming and abuse. Matt is a man who got his life on track thanks to great influences of family, and a man named Trace, whom he looks up to. What he learns from Siobhan, after developing a friendship with her, has him reeling and searching for the truth.
In the historical part of this book, we learn of a father and two daughters who survived a scalping. The rest of the family sadly perished. Deborah, the older of the two, struggles with her scars, inside and out, years later. She marries a widower to help him with his daughter, feeling it is the closest she will ever come to a marriage of love. A huge secret later comes out after a devastating loss. She feels she cannot let go of her anger or forgive.
Learning how the present and past intertwine is done so well. I thoroughly enjoyed both timelines and it felt seamless going back and forth from one to the other. I don’t want to say more than that so that I don’t spoil anything for future readers.
As a person who has been a singer my entire life, I really enjoyed the part that music played in both timelines. Learning about violin repair was quite fascinating as well.
I strongly encourage all three books be read-and in order-to get the absolute most out of this series. I would encourage readers to take in the Author’s Note at the end of this book.
This will always be one of my most favourite series ever. The message of the God’s love is beautiful. I cannot wait to read whatever the author writes in the future. I hope there are many, many more novels to come!