(Guest Post) Bookworm Review by Melanie from “Keep it Simple and Fun”

Today I want to introduce you to Melanie! She is a newlywed, a teacher and blogs over at Keep it Simple and Fun. I have really enjoyed getting to know her, and I know you will too!

Welcome, Melanie!

First, I would like to say how honored I am to be writing a
book review for Logan. She is one of the sweetest bloggers I’ve gotten to know,
and I absolutely love her blog!  When I
first started blogging about a month ago, she was the first person I asked to
swap buttons. She realized my button was not quite right (even after I had
worked on it for hours) and she fixed it for me!  Pretty cool. Now, onto my book review!

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

Publisher: Scribner, 2012

Format: Hardback, 352 pages

First Line: On the day of the miracle,
Isabel was kneeling at the cliff’s edge, tending the small, newly made
driftwood cross.

Description: After
four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia
and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s
journey from the coast. To this isolated island where the supply boat comes
once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later,
after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s
cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a
living baby.

Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a
horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel
insists the baby is a “gift from God,” and against Tom’s judgment, they claim
her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to
the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their
choice has devastated one of them.

My thoughts: This novel captured my
attention from the very first page. The first chapter describes the day Isabel
and Tom discover a boat with a baby and dead man. The reader is left wondering
how the couple got to this point, and so begins the journey of Tom and Isabel’s
pasts, their love story, loss, and difficult choices. This beautifully written,
unforgettable book takes many twists and turns and leaves the reader wanting
more. It is a story of morality and deep, unconditional love for one’s spouse.  I applaud M.L. Stedman for her first work of
literature and look forward to reading more of her books.  I give the book five stars.

While
searching for the backcover description, I found out that Dreamworks is
planning to make the book into a feature film.  Click here for the trailer! http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=97428

Doesn’t this book sound awesome? Thanks, Melanie! Go check out her amazing blog, Keep it Simple and Fun!