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Sarah SundinRevell / 2012 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$17.994.8 out of 5 stars for With Every Letter, Wings of the Nightingale Series #1. View reviews of this product. 51 Reviews
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Britt98Grand Prairie, TXAge: 35-44Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Deep Characters and a Wonderful StoryAugust 9, 2014Britt98Grand Prairie, TXAge: 35-44Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This is the first book in the Wings of the Nightingale series and it was hard for me to set down. The author did a great job of making me feel like I was back in the 1940's during wartime.
The characters are so well-written, with deep backgrounds and lots of insecurities. Mellie was extremely self-conscious, timid, and unsure of how to make friends. Tom was falsely cheerful and afraid to let go of his emotions at all, for fear that he would turn out like his father. His timidity did grate on my nerves through the story, but I was glad when he finally was able to figure out how to be the man that God made him to be.
I love how these two met by being anonymous pen pals. It is exactly what they needed in order to open up to each other and fall in love. This is such a sweet story and so well done. I am now working my way through the series and am really enjoying all of these characters. -
Keli GwynNorthern CaliforniaAge: 45-54Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5A Stellar Start to Sundin’s Wings of the NightingaAugust 23, 2012Keli GwynNorthern CaliforniaAge: 45-54Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Confession. I'm a steadfast Sarah Sundin fan. I flew through the first three books from her Wings of Glory series, and I don't even read WWII romance as a rule. Sundin has changed all that, having become one of my must-read authors. Why? Because she's a masterful storyteller. Because she creates tension that keeps me fighting sleep well into the night. And because her characters are so real, so deep, and so likable that I remember them long after I close the pages of her books and heave a satisfied sigh.
When I read the blurbs for With Every Letter, I'll admit to wondering how Sundin would pull off a story where the hero and heroine exchange letters anonymously and don't meet in person until well into the book. I wondered, yes, but I didn't doubt Sundin's ability to succeed. And I was right! She reeled me in from the start. I fell in love with flight nurse Lt. Mellie Blake in chapter one, and I was head over heels for engineer Lt. Tom MacGilliver well before I finished chapter two. They are both such well-crafted characters, each with a believable blend of strengths and flaws, that I felt like I knew them–and would like to have them as friends.
The story flows beautifully, the tension building with each chapter. And the romance? It's wonderful. Tom and Mellie's relationship takes off with only a small bump or two, but there's turbulence ahead, keeping things mighty interesting. I loved being a witness to the emotional and spiritual journeys Mellie and Tom took. Both have a good deal of changing to do, and watching them take steps forward and back kept me flipping pages with the speed of a fighter plane over North Africa. I trusted Sundin to bring the story in for a great landing after the thrilling ride, and she did. I just hope she's writing like the wind, because I can't wait for the next book in the series. I highly recommend With Every Letter. Fans of historical romance are sure to love it. What am I saying? Anyone who likes a well-told, action-packed story with great characters will enjoy it. -
Micky5 Stars Out Of 5With Every LetterApril 24, 2015MickyQuality: 3Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for With Every Letter: A Novel - eBook.Such an interesting book. I just could not keep it down until I finished it. Reminded me of the Sovereignty of God and the fact that his ways are different but in the end, if we allow him take charge of our lives, he works things out beautifully- much beyond our expectations just like he did for the main Characters- Tom and Mellie.
God knows what is best for each of his children and he has plans for them as well. -
Ephesians 5 25 GuyNine Mile Falls, WAAge: 45-54Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5With Every LetterApril 13, 2015Ephesians 5 25 GuyNine Mile Falls, WAAge: 45-54Gender: maleQuality: 0Value: 0Meets Expectations: 0This review was written for With Every Letter: A Novel - eBook.Great, heart warming, God honoring book. I couldn't put it down!
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Anne Baxter CampbellWillows, CAAge: Over 65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Enjoyable History Lesson!June 19, 2014Anne Baxter CampbellWillows, CAAge: Over 65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5If you haven't read Sarah Sundin's World War II novels, maybe you should. This writer knows her history, and she knows how to put it together in a way that makes it a joy to learn about this period in history.
With Every Letter is a story about a Filipino-American nurse, a young woman certain her exotic looks make her an object of scorn and someone to be shunned. She avoids friendships, especially with men. The only time and place where Mellie feels at ease is when she's singing to and caring for patients, war victims.
Her head nurse believes in her, but knows nursing takes teamwork. She has given Mellie an ultimatum--make friends or go home. So Mellie tries. In addition, Lieutenant Newman tells Mellie she must write anonymous letters to one of the homesick engineers. Reluctantly, she agrees. The letter she writes is thrown in the trash by the man who receives it.
One of the Engineers, Tom, doesn't like the letter that comes to him--the writer seems too flamboyant for him--but he sees the one dumped into the trash and exchanges his for that one. The woman seems a perfect match for him--not wanting any attachment, only friendship and anonymity.
When circumstances of the war throw them into the same area, that anonymity is threatened. They have revealed too much of their inner thoughts, fears, and hopes. Now what?
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