The Best of Intentions

This one has pleasant characters and good prose, but very little meat to the plot. While I found it easy to read from the POVs of Grace and Andrew, I grew frustrated at Andrew and his sister for their love triangles (yes, there are two of those in this novel) and their toying with “commitments” to both of their love interests (both siblings have a “should” and a “want” and though the “should” is clearly wrong for them, the “want” is also given promises/kisses/declarations of love...during engagements to the “shoulds”–really annoying for me though I really liked the characters otherwise). And yet Andrew is supposedly a “man of honor” while stringing along two girls at the same time.

There's also a lack of a faith thread. Grace apparently reads her Bible and prays often, but there's no indication of the state of Andrew's soul and that made me feel like something was really missing in what should be a Christian novel.

I loved the setting in Toronto of 1919 and some of the descriptions of the different sights the characters see. Baby Christian is also really sweet.

Overall, a mostly-fun light read that's clean and has very little religious content.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for a free reading copy. A favorable review was not required.