Adventure Between the Pages: Into the Whirlwind
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Age
Appropriate For: 15 and up (reading level and
moderate romance)
Best
for Ages: 18 and up
Description:
After her
father's death, Mollie Knox takes over his watchmaking company and uses her
head for business to solidify the good name of the 57th Illinois Watch Company.
Her future looks bright until the night her beloved city is destroyed in the
legendary Great Chicago Fire. With her world crumbling around her, Molly must
do whatever it takes to save her company in the aftermath of the devastating
fire. Zack Kazmarek is an influential attorney with powerful ties to the
political, mercantile, and ethnic roots of Chicago. His only weakness is Mollie
Knox, a woman who has always been just beyond his reach. However, all bets are
off after the fire destroys Chicago, and Mollie is in desperate need of
assistance. Just as Zack finally begins to pursue the woman he loves,
competition arises in the form of a hero from her past who can provide the help
she needs to rise from the ashes. While Mollie struggles to rebuild, the two
men battle for her heart. One has always loved her, but the other has the power
to save her. In the race to rebuild the city, can she survive with her business
and her heart intact?
How can
I even begin to describe how much I loved this book? Maybe if I tell you that
Elizabeth Camden is now my favorite author you will start to understand. I
don’t think I have ever read an author with such well-developed characters.
Against the Tide and this book had characters that I fell in love with so much
that I loved a plot that I wouldn’t normally like.
I so
understood Mollie. I feel as if she is a real person and I could meet her
someday. She was an excellent heroine who had her strengths and her flaws. She
thrives on order but is forced to live in chaos after the Chicago fire. Her
response was so real and understandable, as well as courageous at the same
time.
Zack… At
first I didn’t like him, then I loved him, then I hated him, and then I wanted
to marry him. He was that well written. Like Mollie he was deep. He had his
strengths and his flaws. I loved how complex he was. His parents? They added
such a wonderful dimension to the story.
One
thing I was asked about while reading this book was how the love triangle
worked. Typically, I dislike love triangles because someone (usually the girl)
ends up looking really stupid. They spend half the book trying to decide which
guy, and I want to scream at the character because the choice is obvious. Into
the Whirlwind was very different. Yes, the main girl does struggle to choose
between two guys. However, her struggle is very real and understandable. I
totally got why she wasn’t sure and why she considered another guy. I also
think the resolution was very believable, not sappy-roll-your-eyes like many
love triangle endings.
The
setting of this book was amazing. I really do feel like I was there during the
fire. I came away knowing a lot more about it than I did before. Having seen a
few nature disasters in our area (the Bastrop, Texas fire took place not too
far from where I live) I have an understanding of how people react. Elizabeth
Camden captured the emotions and feelings so well.
I can’t
say enough about this book. You just have to buy a copy for yourself and let
yourself be swept…Into the Whirlwind.
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I received this book from Bethany House in exchange for my honest review. I was under no
obligation to write a positive review. The opinions in this review are entirely
my own.
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