Customer Reviews

Every Storm (Contemporary Romance)

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As a huge Lori Wick fan, I couldn't wait for her next book to come out! I just got it in the mail and had to read it right away!

I've read some reviews of her other books and it saddens me a little. I hope that negative reviews don't keep people from reading her books. I personally love the "girl meets boy, struggles with faith, then falls in love" type stories. I read Lori's books to escape the harsh reality of what is now a world in turmoil. Is is such a bad thing to want to dream of a perfect place?

I would highly recommend this book to Lori Wick fans and new readers alike. It brought tears to my eyes more than once!

I love the scripture referances and have gone to my Bible on more than one occasion to continue with a verse I read in one of her books.

Keep writing Lori, I can't wait to see what else you have in store for us!

First, let me say that I am normally a huge Lori Wick fan, however, I must add that I was terribly disappointed in this book. I felt as if she must've wrote this book in a few days because of the way it was thrown together. There are so many holes in the storyline such as in one chapter Josie and Lorri were boarding there plane and getting comfortable. The next chapter jumps ahead 6 weeks without any warning with Rigg and his crew rescuing Lorri. I was also a bit disheartened as I felt the blurb on the back cover was nothing short of misleading and deceitful. The blurb gives the impression that most of the story takes place on the island, but that is not the case. The island part is only in it for about 13 pages. In all, Lorri spends 5 days in the company of Rigg before he safely delivers her to her grandfather and then they don't see each other again for close to a year. When they do see each other again it is in California and that is where the story technically begins.

The book was very slow-paced and uneventful. The storyline really could've [and should've] been developed so much more, especially with the whole island part. Let me say again that I am normally a huge fan of Lori Wick's and if you want to read something good of hers I'd suggest you read The Yellow Rose Trilogy or The Kensington Chronicles as they really show her talent as a Christian writer. If you are a fan of Christian romances that take place during WWII then I highly recommend "For All Times" by Leigh Ann Roberts. That book will keep you sitting at the edge of your seat.

I enjoyed Lori Wick's trip back to the 1940s. This is a sweet story of how real-life emotions of grief and love can get tangled up and keep life from being a fairy tale -- but that life still can deliver a storybook ending. Sure, the story is highly sentimental, but it comes with helpings of adventure and humor, too.

Watching Rigg and Lorri develop a relationship from the time she crashed on a deserted island to when they discovered some common local ties is fun. The Max and Johnny subplot is almost odd in its careful development, but it keeps the book from having a flat cast of supporting characters. All along the way, the story is a good reminder that God works for good in every event of our lives, and that he's working toward a whole story.

If you've read Wick's series, The Californians, the setting for the book and the name Donovan Riggs will be familiar to you. This book stands on its own, but for Wick's longtime readers, the little bits might be something of a prize along the way.

I have been a Lori Wick fan for years now and could not wait to read this book as soon as I bought it and once I started I could not put it down. Done in her typical style the story seems to flow and since I live in Australia it was nice to see my home country being mentioned as well! If you are a Lori Wick fan then you are really going to love this book and I would recommend it to anyone that is in the mood to curl up with a good book.

Lori Wick has a certain style that I feel that you need to be in the mood for. She has a tendency to write in a 1950's style Ozzy and Harriet mentality. In other words when you need a fluffy pick me up book they are a great genre to read.

But, if you are going through a struggle and need someone to relate to they can be a bit disparaging spiritually as they are often far from real life in the character's Spiritual perfection.

The concept of this book is a great idea! A PT boat crew finds the lone survivor of a plane crash during WWII- a young woman. Imagine a boatload of guys fighting for their country and add one young woman who represents the country they are fighting for. But I feel after that initial kicker there is little plot except boy falls in love with girl and very little has to do with the war or the time era. But it is a fluffy clean read.

So my recommendation is that if you are in need of a fluffy, shoot for the moon inpirational fiction then grab some popcorn and enjoy that kind of read.

But if fluffy is depressing for you and you want a inpirational fiction that emphasizes military action then try Dee Henderson's Uncommon Heroes series and hang on to your hats.

And if you want Christian Inspirational fiction that deals with the human condition and choices try Kristen Heitzmannn's 'The Still of Night' and grab a box of tissues (5stars).

A definition of a good Christian Inspiration book is finding one that hits you where you are when you read it and makes you grow in your faith but then sometimes you just need clean entertainment and that what this book was for me.

I read the reviews on this page but decided to order this book anyway because Lori Wick is one of my favorite authors. I wasn't disapointed as the others were. I felt the questions that the first chapters rose were answerd in such a way that it taught the reader about how people sometimes deal and heal from tragic events. This book should't be veiwed as just a love story but a demonstration on how God can bring a family through greif, staying right beside them in a very dark hour. Thank-you, Lori for always seeking to teach us through your novels.

I think most of Lori Wick's books are pretty good, especially books like The Princess and The Rescue. I guess what I don't understand is some of the reviews suggesting that the characters should be more flawed in her book. Or suggestions that characters who are flawed should stay that way. Personally my idea of a great book is when the characters meet up with all diffrent kinds of life experiences and go through some hard times, but then the book is sopposed to end up like a fairytale or happily-ever-after. Life is not a fairy tale,so it is nice to at least pretend for a little while.(smile)

This book offered a sweet story line, but was drawn out with insignificant information and not enough romance! The main couple in the book got less couple time, it seemed, than one of the supporting characters and her romantic interest! And in my opinion, while Lori was on board the "Every Storm", the details about socks was a bit overdone! Still, the book was enjoyable and decent, which is a must if I'm reading romances!

This book wasn't quite up to par, like with Sophie's Heart, Pretense, or the Rocky Mountain Series.

It seemed that the storyline wasn't as well developed, particularly at the beginning of the book. Lorri and Josie were on the plane towards the end of one chapter, and at the beginning of the next chapter, Rigg found Lorri on the island. That seemed so disjointed.

What happened in between the time when the plane crashed and Rigg had found Lorri? I know that there's probably not much that happens when stranded on an island alone, but what was Lorri feeling? What lessons were Lorri learning from the Lord? There was some discussion about how Lorri survived on the island, but it wasn't well developed. And when the plane was crashing, what all happened? What were Lorri and Josie going through?

And the book was set in WWII. Maybe more about the time period would have made the book more interesting.

The characters didn't seem to be as well developed. Normally, Wick does a good job describing characters, but I didn't see that in here as well. Plus, the characters do seem one-dimensional, almost too perfect.

I liked reading books on good Christian romances. But this book didn't hold my interest like the others that Wick has written.

Let me begin by saying that I am not a big "fluffy romance" fan. I like characters who make mistakes, plot lines that go beyond the usual boy-meet-girl jargon, and once in a while, they don't have to end exactly how you would predict.
My first peeve with this book was that it was not (as others have mentioned) put together very well. I can stand some jumping around, but I think Mrs. Wick took far too many liberties here.
Another major peeve is that I couldn't relate to the characters. They all cried until their heads ached so many that I wanted to scream, they blurbed out every cheesy thing under the sun, and their relationships with God were almost contrived. I KNOW that we Christians expect good Christian characters, but honestly, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE SOME MISTAKES!?! This is my biggest peeve with Lori Wick. Her characters are flat because they MAKE NO MISTAKES! Don't get me wrong here, I don't want them going around town sinning, but I would like a few honest-to-goodness human errors. The mistakes that characters make are the focal point of what endears them to you. You discover their struggles and how they deal with them, which, in turn, helps you learn how to deal with them in your own life. That's the whole point of Christian fiction. Or it should be...
But you can't learn from these perfect people. Since the work best speaks for itself, let me give an example. Maxine Archer, a typical Wick beauty, has (gasp!) sworn off boys so she can concentrate on her schoolwork and so she won't be bothered by all the worries that come with the whole boyfriend issue. Mind you, I am not tearing her down for that decision. I think it's admirable, especially in this day and age where boys have become the main thing a girl thinks about. I only have a problem with the way she carries it out. Any NORMAL girl would have some trouble carrying out that decision, but not Max. Somehow, she is able to remove from her being any concern about guys at all. I thought that was completely unrealistic. It is an inborn desire in a girl to have male attention, and if you can throw that desire off without a second thought, you would have to be only a contrived character.
Max waltzes through school with the handsome Johnny King panting after her, and seemingly she feels nothing for him!?! COME ON! Any girl who has the most sought after boy in the school completely snared is obviously going to feel something! Yet she doesn't even have a single struggle in controlling her heart where he is concerned. That is what bothers me. It would be more realistic if she had to struggle against her heart and emotions. From that, we might be able to learn how to keep our own under control. But instead, we learn nothing. Except that Maxine is somehow an exception to natural womanly emotions.
I also noticed how Mrs. Wick seemed to be taking almost a lazy approach to this book. I don't know about the rest of you, but I like a good solid ending to each chapter or paragraph. I couldn't help cringing at the sentences she use to wrap up some of her scenes.
And as for that kitten, I was tired of it before they even bought it.
I read this book through once and I thought it was ok. As I said, I'm not much of a romance novel person, so I wasn't expecting to think much of it. But the second time I read it, I couldn't even get through a page or two without wanting to skip the whole chapter. As of now, I can hardly remember a thing about the plot, not something that would happen if the book were really memorable.