The Widow of Saunders Creek by Tracey Bateman is the story
of Corrie Saunders, a woman recently widowed when her husband, Jarrod, died a
hero’s death in Iraq. When Corrie moves to her late husband’s ancestral home,
she thinks she can sense his spirit in the house. Jarrod’s cousin, Eli, who is helping
Corrie fix up the house, has strong beliefs against ghosts and spirits and he
believes that it is not Jarrod who is returning to the house, but a dark spirit
that has lived there for years. As Corrie tries to make sense of what is
happening in the house and her life, she leans on Eli, who, in turn, is trying
to get her to rely more on the God he serves.
I found this book quite surprising. It was much deeper than
I thought it would be. It brought up a lot of questions about spirituality and
if ghosts and spirits exist. It delved deep into showing how someone dealing
with grief would try almost anything to connect with the person they lost. Corrie is grieving so much and is so lost
that she goes against a part of her upbringing just to see if there was a
chance that Jarrod had returned to her. At first, you don’t know what the
author’s viewpoint on ghosts is, but towards the end, the author’s opinions
become clear. She allows the reader to
come up with their own opinions before she makes hers known. The book can be
slightly unsettling since it does have scenes of a spirit moving around the
house and causing doors to slam shut, and objects to fall over. Overall, the
author does a great job with creating a romance story while adding a little bit
of intrigue.
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I received this book from Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing
Group in exchange for my review. I was not required to write a positive review.
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