Monday, May 31, 2021

Book Review with Featured Author: No Journey Too Far by Carrie Turansky

No Journey Too Far by Carrie Turansky

 


Publisher & Release: Multnomah, June 8, 2021


Setting:  Early 20th Century, Canada


Genre: Historical Fiction


Rating: 5 Gold Crowns


Book Description: 


A family long divided, a mysterious trunk, and a desperate journey across the ocean—all in the name of love. The epic saga of the McAlisters continues in this riveting sequel to No Ocean Too Wide.
 
In 1909, Grace McAlister set sail for Canada as one of the thousands of British Home Children taken from their families and their homeland. Though she is fortunate enough to be adopted by wealthy parents, the secrets of her past are kept hidden for ten years until someone from her long-buried childhood arrives on her doorstep. With this new connection to her birth family, will she be brave enough to leave her sheltered life in Toronto and uncover the truth?
 
After enduring hardship as an indentured British Home Child, Garth McAlister left Canada to serve in World War I. His sweetheart, Emma Lafferty, promised to wait for his return, but after three long years apart, her letters suddenly stopped. When Garth arrives home from the war to unexpected news, he is determined to return to Canada once more on a daunting mission to find the two women he refuses to abandon—his long-lost sister and his mysteriously missing sweetheart.

 

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Vikki’s Musings

 

Thanks go to the publisher and Net-Galley for the complimentary digital copy of No Journey Too Far by Carrie Turansky. I voluntarily agreed to read and review this book prior to publication. My opinions are my own, and nothing has influenced my rating.

 

No Journey Too Far is an intense historical novel set in the early 20th century with endearing characters and an intriguing plot. The pacing pulled me into the story from the start and kept me enthralled until the end.

 

Grace McAlister is the heroine, and I met her character when she was introduced in No Ocean too Wide. She is ready for her debut to Toronto society, but when she finds an old trunk in the attic she’d brought with her from England when she was a little girl, she discovers a way to find the brother and sisters she remembers. She wants desperately to connect with them again. When her brothers arrives, she’s overjoyed but her adoptive parents bar him from their home. 

 

Grace is not willing to accept this and goes with him, determined to travel to England to see her mother and her sisters, the mother she thought had died. That starts her adventure. She travels to a farm near Belville with her brother and his friend Rob, and soon falls for him. 

 

Grace’s brother plays a huge part in this book. I also met him in the first McAlister Family book as well. He is determined to find his sweetheart, which sets him on his adventure, and when he finds Emma, he fears they will never have the life they both dream of.

 

 There are dual romances in this tale between Grace and Rob and Garth and Emma. I thoroughly enjoyed their love stories, and Ms. Turansky masterfully tells both romances beautifully. I wanted both couples to find their happy endings.

 

If you enjoy historical fiction with enduring characters and a plot that will pull at your heart, then you will love No Journey Too Far as much as I did. When I accepted this novel, I didn’t realize it was book 2 of the McAlister Family series, so I read that one first, and I’m so glad I did because it added to my enjoyment a great deal. Happy reading!

 

Author Bio:

 


CARRIE TURANSKY is the award-winning author of more than twenty inspirational novels and novellas and a winner of the ACFW Carol Award, the International Digital Award, and the Holt Medallion. She loved traveling to England to research her latest Edwardian novels including No Journey Too Far, No Ocean Too Wide, Across the Blue, Shine Like the Dawn, and The Highland Hall series. Her novels have received stared reviews from Christianbooks.com and Library Journal. They have been translated into several languages and enjoyed by readers around the world.

 

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