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Freedom's Light de Colleen Coble
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Freedom's Light (edició 2018)

de Colleen Coble (Autor)

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"Hannah Thomas left the South and all that was familiar to marry her beloved John. But the fact that she's never been quite accepted by his mother and sister and that she doesn't quite fit the strict Massachusetts Puritan community only becomes more difficult when John is killed in one of the first battles in the war for freedom. Hannah is allowed to continue to serve as lightkeeper for the twin tower lighthouses on the lonely coastline, but it is grueling work for a woman alone. One of the first shipwrecks washes ashore a handsome captain she thinks is a Tory, but she soon finds out he's working as a spy for Washington. Much stands in the way of their happiness including the need to protect his secret, pressure from John's family to marry another, near-constant disapproval from the townspeople, and the appearance of Hannah's wayward sister. Coupled with the strain of war, Hannah isn't sure she'll ever see the light of freedom"-- "A young lighthouse keeper, recently widowed, faces war and deprivation to find happiness with a shipwrecked captain who's a spy for George Washington"--… (més)
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Genre: Historical Christian Fiction.

My Rating: 1 star.

Recommadtion: 18 up.

My favorite character/s: I didn't like any of the characters, Birch, and Hannah seem childish, underdeveloped, and for them to act like they did when he was leaving was horrible. Lydia was worse than Lydia in Pride and Prejudice and Galen a lot like Geroge Wickham though he might be worse.

My thoughts: I did not read past page 126 because I was under the impression that this was writing as a Historical Christian Romance... But the behavior of the characters was in no way something I want to read; I was tempted to stop reading when Lydia snuck out to see Galen but thought it was because she wasn't making good choices, but after a woman started to try to seduce Birch I stopped reading! I have read other books by Colleen Cobles and even own some, but I'm not sure I will read more.
For all I know though it could have gotten better due to content can only give 1 star even though it pains me to leave a 1-star review on an author's work.

P.S. If anyone has read it and found redemptive qualities, please tell me! ( )
  abigailkayharris | Jan 1, 2024 |
What a wonderful book! The descriptions, the characters, I was swept away by the first chapter and I hated to see the book end. ( )
  Sassyjd32 | Dec 22, 2023 |
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  WBCLIB | Nov 13, 2023 |
Title: Freedom’s Light
Author: Colleen Coble
Pages: 320
Year: 2018
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
My rating is 5 out of 5 stars.

Hannah Thomas is a young, 18-year-old woman who has been married for a year to a man twenty years her senior. She married him to escape the unwanted advances of Galen, a childhood friend who she no longer considers to be a friend. John is a lighthouse keeper but quickly enlists in the Continental Army and leaves Hannah to tend the two lighthouses.

John is one of the first to be killed as a spy, but Hannah doesn’t believe he was a spy. Nevertheless, she is now a widow. She invites her younger sister, Lydia, to stay with her for a while. Lydia arrives but has her eye on any man in a red coat, serving in the English military. She longs to wed an Englishman, move to England and enjoy English society. If Lydia has her way, she will wed the man Hannah has rejected.

Birch Meredith poses as an English privateer, supplying English troops with supplies. He, however, has an ulterior motive. He is looking for the man who killed his brother, Charlie, so that he can exact his own retribution. Birch’s ship runs aground on the rocks close to Hannah’s lighthouse and she takes care of him while his broken leg heals. Their conversations are stimulating but she and he will never have a future as he is a Tory, and she is loyal to the colonies. What possible future can these two ever have as long as war wages?

Birch and Hannah develop a special friendship that is not focused on the different views of God or war, but on mutual respect. On one of his trips on the seas, Birch saves the life of a baby and brings it to Hannah to take care of while he sails. It helps ease the hours of loneliness for Hannah, but it also creates a problem with the local elders not to mention her sister Lydia.

Lydia is Hannah’s younger sister and a woman who is blind to a truth about the man she longs to marry. When Hannah tells her about Galen’s exploits and past behavior toward Hannah, Lydia refuses to believe it and goes on a dangerous path that leads to danger, and perhaps her ultimate demise.

For me, Colleen Coble has a style of writing that is easy to engage with, allows me to learn something new and gives me something to think about. This novel is no exception. Hannah and Birch dance around the issue of trust, politics and faith, which makes for an interesting relationship. Vengeance also plays a large role in the story as a motivation for more than one character’s actions. The Revolutionary War, which is the setting for this novel, is a period of time that I find vastly interesting, so I also liked that aspect of the story. I highly recommend reading the tale of faith, love, loss and perseverance. Grab a copy and enjoy an afternoon of swashing buckling adventure on the high seas, and on land!

Note: The opinions shared in this review are solely my responsibility. ( )
  lamb521 | Dec 1, 2021 |
Greatly enjoyed this book and its theme of God’s faithfulness and blessings, even in the trials. ( )
  nlpolak | Jan 25, 2020 |
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The Freedom's light by Colleen Cobble is a slow historical romantic fiction. This story takes you right to the heart of American Revolution and the happenings . It give you vivid description of what is happening to both side of war between British and American ( loyalist) .

The main character is Hannah who supports American and her sister Lydia who don't because she like Gallen .
Gallen like Hannah but Hannah got married to a loyalist John . She do like Gallen first for his pretty face but stop her fascination after learning dark secret of his and the nature .
But this all changes when Hannah's husband died (also a mystery) . Now she needs to tend lighthouse and care about it . Things changes drastically after this when a ship crashed near lighthouse and a soldier named Birch had to live in with her because of his injured leg whom she nursed a lovely triangle develops here also .
Gallen also came back . Lydia did something which makes Hannah sad and devastated .
The last part of this story is very gripping and sad which captured my imagination in a way that I could not even imagined . This all thing happening simultaneously with American revolution .
I love the characters and the book is very well written as I have come to expect . The plot is excellent and there is plenty of detail and it had gripped me from the first page .
This is really moving story and one that make you think it definitely stays with you after you have read it .
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"Hannah Thomas left the South and all that was familiar to marry her beloved John. But the fact that she's never been quite accepted by his mother and sister and that she doesn't quite fit the strict Massachusetts Puritan community only becomes more difficult when John is killed in one of the first battles in the war for freedom. Hannah is allowed to continue to serve as lightkeeper for the twin tower lighthouses on the lonely coastline, but it is grueling work for a woman alone. One of the first shipwrecks washes ashore a handsome captain she thinks is a Tory, but she soon finds out he's working as a spy for Washington. Much stands in the way of their happiness including the need to protect his secret, pressure from John's family to marry another, near-constant disapproval from the townspeople, and the appearance of Hannah's wayward sister. Coupled with the strain of war, Hannah isn't sure she'll ever see the light of freedom"-- "A young lighthouse keeper, recently widowed, faces war and deprivation to find happiness with a shipwrecked captain who's a spy for George Washington"--

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