Hidden History by Melody Carlson Review

Hello Friends :)

I pray today finds you all doing well, and I want to thank you all for joining me for another book review here on The Preppy Book Princess.

Last year, I started working my way through the multi author Tales From Grace Chapel Inn series, and I've honestly loved how heartwarming and faith based each title is, and it's definitely become a new favorite.

If you're interested in checking out my reviews from the first three titles in the series, you can do so using the links below:

Back Home Again

Going to the Chapel

Recipes and Wooden Spoons

Keep reading down below for today's full review. I hope you all enjoy :)

Hidden History by Melody Carlson:

Source: Library

Publisher: Guidepost Books

Publication Date: January 1st, 2007

Genre: Christian Fiction/Contemporary

Series: Tales from Grace Chapel Inn

Synopsis:

While giving the laundry room of Grace Chapel Inn a thorough cleaning, Alice Howard finds an old hatbox containing her father's teenage journal dating back to the early 1900s. As Alice reads it aloud each evening to her sisters, Louise and Jane, the hidden history of their beloved father sheds new light on his life and their own. Meanwhile, a guest at Grace Chapel Inn turns out to be the sister of Mark Graves, veterinarian Alice dated back in nursing school. Jane invites him to dinner and Alice and Mark end up doing late night surgery on a plum-pie-eating pig. Will the time they've spent together lead to more?

(synopsis from goodreads)

My Review:

I've been wholeheartedly enjoying reading through this wonderful, heartwarming series that's written by multiple authors. Since Melody Carlson is one of my favorites, I had a feeling this was going to be a title that I would end up really enjoying.

As always, I loved getting to revisit Acorn Hill, and it's charming, but quirky cast of characters. I personally like Alice the most of the three sisters, so it was a pleasant surprise to have this title be from her point of view. The reader gets a glimpse at a romance from Alice's past that resurfaces in the present, and it was an interesting inclusion getting to finally find out why Alice ended up single living with her elderly father when her sister's both chose to follow a much different path.

I'm someone who always enjoys books that include a form of epistolary style; like letters or diary entries, and I loved how that element is included in this one. Alice, Louise and Jane stumble upon a journal their father kept when he was a youth, and through reading it together they stumble upon a part of their history that they weren't aware existed.

Hidden History is definitely another wonderful title from the Tales from Grace Chapel Inn series, although I wouldn't say it's one of my favorites so far. I wanted a bit more from the historical bits, and I thought it was a big build up towards "hidden" family history, that ended up not being quite what I was expecting or prepared.

Overall, still a great story, just not the best from the series in my opinion.

Final Rating: 4/5.

Thanks so much for reading guys! Have a great rest of your day :)

This is not a sponsored post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. The photo does not belong to me, and all rights to the respective owners.

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