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Title: Fire by Night (Refiner's Fire, 2) by Lynn N. Austin ISBN: 1-55661-443-8 Publisher: Bethany House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: delightfully charming
Comment: this was a wonderful book! it expresses, in my opinion, how many young ladies felt during this time period. i would highly suggest this for young teens to young adults. it's a wonderful blend of Christianity and history.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Charming Book
Comment: This novel is about two young and very different girls, Julia and Phoebe, and how their lives are affected by the Civil War. Julia is a very wealthy girl, but after a bad episode at Bull Run, Julia is determined to become a nurse. She battles through a life of unknown hardships and finds herself falling in love.
Phoebe, being left alone by her brothers, disguises herself as a man and enlists in the army. She finds herself feeling better about herself and becoming close friends with another fellow private, Ted.
The story takes twists and turns as these two young girls undergo a transformation from girl to woman. They learn that compassion, faith, determination, and hard work is the only thing that can get you anywhere in life.
I enjoyed reading this book and all of the events portrayed are extremely accurate. The story starts out with lots of action and I was instantly enthralled in the novel. But, I didn't really enjoy Phoebe's character as much I enjoyed Julia's. But overall, I think that this book was enjoyable to read, but it isn't one of my very favorites.
Rating: 5
Summary: Haven't Enjoyed A Book Like This in a Good While!
Comment: In the second novel, from her Refiner's Fire series, Lynn Austin spins a captivating tale of two unlikely heros caught up in the horrors of the Civil War. This one is even better than its prequel, Candle in the Darkness.
In Fire by Night, Mrs. Austin, most successfully, parallels two seperate plots that converge beautifully as the lives of two women, from opposite ends of society, are brought together amidst the living hell of the battlefield.
Julia Hoffman, the spoiled, self-centered daughter of Judge Hoffman is smitten by the young and good looking Reverend Nathaniel Greene. But after her behavior while observing the battle at Bull Run, Reverend Greene wants nothing to do with her. Her pride is sorely wounded when she overhears Nathaniel discussing her with Congressman Rhoades, an influential friend of her father. "Forgive me for being so blunt, but I find it to be a true assessment of most of the young ladies in Miss Hoffman's social position. They can't--or won't--do a thing for themselves, whether it's combing their own hair or fixing a cup of tea....Outward beauty rarely lasts a lifetime, Congressman, and then what would I be left with once it fades? A whining, nagging wife wrapped up in her own needs, whose only passions are spending money and spreading gossip?"
His words are the catylyst that send Julia into a world of the unknown where she discovers the true meaning of being a Christian.
Phoebe, named after her dead mother, has never known what it's like to love or be loved. Raised by her backwoods father and three older brothers, "Ike", the name her father gave her after her mother died, is the tom-boy of all tom-boys. She inherited her father's genes and is the tallest woman for miles around. She's a sharp-shooter from years of hunting with her brothers and can hold her own as they wrestle and fight with her like she was "one of the boys". She never wears a dress, just the hand-me-downs of her strapping brothers. When her Pa dies and the boys all go off to fight the Rebels, she is left to work for her room and board taking care of mean ole' Mrs. Haggerty's children. There are so many unruley kids running in and out she can't even get a count of just how many there are! By the time her first day is over, she knows she'll never survive it! She has to run away...but where will she go? Then an idea hits her...she just might get away with it if she cuts her hair short enough and puts her brother's old clothes back on!
I haven't read a book I've enjoyed as much as this one in a good while. I highly recommend it. You don't have to read the first one to completely enjoy this one on its own merits but I'm recommending the whole series; I'm really looking forward to the next installation. Lynn Austin is a very good writer. Her stories are not common, she always has a surprise up her sleeves. Hidden Places is another one of her books that I really enjoyed...ah...but that's another story!
--- reviewed by Ginny Sutton for Christian Bookshelf
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Title: Candle in the Darkness (Refiner's Fire, 1) by Lynn N. Austin, Lynn Austin ISBN: 1556614365 Publisher: Bethany House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Hidden Places: A Novel by Lynn N. Austin, Lynn Austin ISBN: 0764221973 Publisher: Bethany House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Eve's Daughters by Lynn Austin, Lynn N. Austin ISBN: 0764221957 Publisher: Bethany House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Wings of Refuge by Lynn N. Austin ISBN: 0764221965 Publisher: Bethany House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Secrets on the Wind (Whitson, Stephanie Grace. Pine Ridge Portraits, 1.) by Stephanie Grace Whitson ISBN: 0764227858 Publisher: Bethany House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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