Christian Fiction Reviews by Christian Authors
If It Rains by Jennifer L. WrightSeries: Stand AlonePublisher: Tyndale Fiction (July 6, 2021) Review by Gwen M. Plano It’s rare to open a book and begin turning pages that feel strangely familiar, as if the author had recorded your family’s life. If It Rains by Jennifer L. Wright did just that for me, and... Continue Reading →
The Likeness of Sinful Flesh by William IsleySeries: StandalonePublisher: BillIsleyReflects (July 23, 2024) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS In the reading world where AI-generated books are becoming more popular, I was delighted to dig into this human-written book with all its wonderfully human-made flaws. The Likeness of Sinful Flesh by William Isley is a novel that... Continue Reading →
South of Somewhere by T.I. LoweSeries: a standalonePublisher: Tyndale Fiction (March 10, 2026) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS Junie is a widowed mother in her 20s living on Sullivan’s Island in South Carolina. She has lost custody of her two-year-old daughter due to drunk driving and a prison sentence. She’s out on parole and determined to... Continue Reading →
The Ballad of Midnight and McRae by Jess LedermanSeries: StandalonePublisher: Azure Star, LLC (July 24, 2025) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS This is going to be a divisive review for a divisive book because The Ballad of Midnight and McRae is a Christian Western with a gay protagonist. Matt is a contemporary man who tells the... Continue Reading →
The Prayer Box by Lisa WingateSeries: Book 1 of 3 of A Carolina ChroniclesPublisher: Tyndale Fiction (September 1, 2013)Review by Gwen M. Plano Tandi Jo Reese runs from an abusive marriage. With her two children in tow, she finds a hiding place in Iola Anne Poole’s small bungalow on Hatteras Island, North Carolina. Tandi has very... Continue Reading →
Paul: A Novel by Walter Wangerin, Jr.Series: StandalonePublisher: Zondervan (November 1, 2001)Review by Mae ClairLet me start by saying any review I write of this book won't do it justice. It’s. Just. That. Good. If you want to immerse yourself in the early church of the New Testament, the life of Saul-become-Paul, and the spread... Continue Reading →
The Feathered Bone by Julie CantrellSeries: StandalonePublisher: Thomas Nelson (January 26, 2016) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS Amanda is mother to Ellie and a chaperone for her daughter’s sixth-grade field trip to New Orleans. Ellie and Sarah are classmates and best friends. Sarah disappears on the field trip. Amanda and the teacher panic—they have LOST Sarah!... Continue Reading →
What the River Keeps by Cheryl Grey BostromSeries: StandalonePublisher: Tyndale Fiction (August 12, 2025) REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS In this contemporary women’s fiction novel, thirty-four-year-old Hildy is a wildlife biologist in the state of Washington. She knows a lot about rivers and trees and fish, especially fish. When Hildy was little, she told her dad... Continue Reading →
As Sure as the Sea by Jamie OgleSeries: StandalonePublisher: Tyndale Fiction REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS It’s 310 AD, and Nikolas becomes the pastor of the church in Myra (a port city in what is now present-day Turkey). One of the church members is a young woman named Demi. She’s lost almost all of her family... Continue Reading →
