Review & Giveaway: A Noble Groom by Jody Hedlund

A Noble Groom by Jody Hedlund

Bethany House / 2013

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About the book:

Michigan, 1880

Annalisa Werner's hope for a fairy tale love is over. Her husband failed her in every way and now his death has left her with few options to save the family farm. She needs a plentiful harvest. That, and a husband to help bring it in. Someone strong, dependable. That’ll be enough. A marriage for love...that's something she's given up on.

So her father sends a letter to his brother in the Old Country, asking him to find Annalisa a groom.

Then a man appears: Carl Richards, from their home country of Germany and a former schoolteacher--or so he says. He's looking for work and will serve on the farm until her husband arrives.

With time running out, she accepts his help, but there's more to this man than he's admitting. He's also gentle, kind, charming--unlike any man she's ever known. But even as Carl is shining light into the darkness of her heart, she knows her true groom may arrive any day.

My rating:

My thoughts:

A Noble Groom is the third book I’ve read by Jody Hedlund and, after loving the previous two and hearing great things about this one, my expectations were high going in. While I didn’t love A Noble Groom as much as I had thought I would, I did still really, really enjoy it.

The characters were great! I absolutely loved Carl, and Annalisa’s daughter, Gretchen, was so cute. There was a little bit of danger to the story, which I liked very much – it made me want to keep turning the pages.

I found the whole aspect of the farm and having to work hard to try and save it very interesting. I also liked the little bit of history in the story. This is at least the second book I’ve read that takes place in Michigan and a significant event that occurred in 1881, so it was interesting to get another take on it and I actually learned more about it.

The few negatives:  I enjoyed the whole book, but it did take me a while to get captured by the story and get to where I wanted to keep reading; I also wish there would have been a glossary or something to show what the German words meant in English; and finally, while the ending was very nice, it did leave me with some questions and I wish we would have been told how things fared for certain characters.

So, I thought the first half or so was good, but loved the last 100+ pages! There was also a great twist in A Noble Groom that, while I did surprisingly guess it early on and wasn’t shocked at all by the reveal, I’m sure some readers will not see it coming. ;)

Overall, A Noble Groom was a really nice read that I definitely recommend to fans of historical romances. I can hardly wait to read future books by Jody Hedlund.

*I received this book for free for my review. I was not required to give a positive review, only my honest opinion – which I’ve done. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.*

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