Reviews for Somewhere Other Than the Night

The average rating for Somewhere Other Than the Night based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-02-17 00:00:00 Eric Harmon Okay, first of all, the beginning of this story threw me through a loop!!! It starts out with Maggie and Rio. Tragedy strikes and Maggie admits to her parents that she's losing her faith. Through a series of flashbacks, Maggie's parents tell her the story of their 'forced' marriage and some of the mistakes they made - how they had to lean on each other through their tragedies. So be aware that the main story is actually a story within a story, and Maggie and Rio's story is just as important! But, I must admit that my favorite was Howard and Eva's story. I laughed so hard at times, and at others I cried. I will warn you that this isn't your typical Love Inspired book. It's very different. There are two curse words in this book, a few violent scenes, and several mentions of 'sex.' With that said, I will say that these things served to make the story that much better. the curse words were only said to make the scenes more realistic. The other stuff made the story more realistic and really added to the story! I loved, loved, loved how the last flashback scene ended! It made me cry!!! And while reading this book, it almost sounds like there was a book that preceeded this one...I would be curios to know if there is!

Review # 2 was written on 2010-01-27 00:00:00 Raymond John Manogue Jr My grade: C+. This is two stories in one. At first I thought I'd downloaded the wrong book and looked back at a review which reassured me I hadn't. The story description doesn't even hint at that. I enjoyed both Howard and Eva's story and Rio and Maggie's story. It was interesting how the author flipped back and forth between the past and the present and made it work. The only thing I wanted was for the author to have gone deeper into Howard's character. He was nearly too good to be true and we didn't really learn why he loved Eva so much (he'd just loved her since they were children) or how he got such a strong, unshakable faith (no possible explanation other than that he was a preacher's kid). How exactly does a teenage crush turn into a love so strong that it stands up to harsh adversity? I did like the stories and all the characters, The medical parts were very well done and accurate. I just wanted a little more depth than I got.