The Lightkeeper's Daughter (Mercy Falls #1)

This was a solid read for me, the characters were well-rounded enough and the mystery was such that I didn't guess what was happening until only just before the characters. I felt the setting was well-done and I got a feel for the time period without it beind shoved down my throat.

In terms of the inspirational aspect, the heroine is very steadfast in her faith and the hero finds himself wishing he had her “simple trust,” which... we never really see him develop this. He kind of goes from “Oh I wish I had that simple faith/trust,” to suddenly he has it. I wanted to see more of his struggles.

The characters appear in the second and third books as well, but we don't get a glimpse of their inner struggles anymore. So it made me wonder why the author even brought up the hero's struggle at all; it fell a little flat for me.

That said, I am reading the entire trilogy, and I'm not a fan of series.