A Satisying Read

Julie Klassen's The Girl in the Gatehouse is a warm, well-written, satisfying read. To me, the book felt very comfortable and familiar, sweetly reminiscient of Austen but not overly imitative or affected and obviously well-researched. The characters are nicely developed, the plot intriguing and fairly plausible. That the woman who jilted the Captain is fiancee to the man who jilted Mariah, that there are so many writers and that Martin has a close connection with Captain Prince seem too many coincidences perhaps.
Klassen does a fabulous job of naturally working Christian truths into her story in a way that is very impacting without being at all preachy or overly didactic. Overall, I enjoyed this book a great deal and am eager to read Klassen's other works. I received this book from Bethany House in order to review it.