Book Review: A Home for the Windswept by Karri L. Moser

Publisher: Black Rose Writing

Release Date: April 22, 2021

Genre: Family Life Adult Fiction

Great Northern Paper Mill is the lifeblood of Winsockette, Maine until the tech boom and recession of 2008 cause the mill’s closure. This leaves Darcy and Basil Sullivan scrambling to support their growing family.

When Basil is drunkenly desperate, a news report about a devastating tornado ravaging small town Nebraska changes everything. This sparks an idea. Basil believes Man’s greed has taken everything from them, and God’s wrath will provide if they move to Nebraska to rebuild tornado damage.

As they begin a cross-country journey that tests their resolve and resourcefulness, a pregnant Darcy is torn between following the love of her life or fleeing back to Maine. She fears his breakthrough is really a breakdown. Basil, who sees his quest as a calling from God, begins to realize moving his family to tornado alley to profit from the loss of others could be what rips them apart forever.

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My Review 🖤

I was so excited to read A Home for the Windswept. I have been obsessed with weather, especially tornadoes, for as long as I can remember. Since I live in Texas, and we get severe weather all the time, it's hard not to have at least some form of respect for nature. The beginning held promise, with me immediately admiring and understanding the plight that Darcy and her family finds themselves in. I too was a young mother that struggled in the beginning, so the connection and empathy was there. Darcy narrates throughout and her thoughts are mirrored by thoughts from my own past, and for the first half of the novel I couldn't put it down...that is until the language got to be too much for me.

Don't get me wrong, I normally do not have a problem with bad language, and can normally block it out, but when the Lord's name is taken in vain over and over, I just cannot handle it. I tried to continue on, thoroughly intrigued with where the plot was taking the story, but it got to a point where I couldn't take the language anymore, making the rest of the book practically unreadable. I gave two stars because if the language would've been toned down I could've seen enjoying this book, and truly hate that I couldn't finish it, though I did skip to the end and read the last few chapters just so I would see where the family ends up. The ending was good, making it even harder for me not to go back and read the last half, but it is what it is.

If language doesn't bother you, then by all means read A Home for the Windswept. I really think you'll like this unique, yet relatable story. The authors writing is pretty great, pulling you into the story quickly, and giving a clear picture of a struggling family that is fighting to find a way out of their dire situation. If you're sensitive to profanity, I would sadly say to give this novel a pass. It's just a little too much.

My Rating: ★★

About the Author

Karri L. Moser is a women's fiction author who has also written for magazines, newspapers, the U.S. Army, as well as marketing firms and other organizations. While her fiction spans generations and her adventurous characters travel to many parts of the country, her novels typically begin in Maine--her muse.

As an Army wife and daughter, she has lived in several regions of the United States, which has provided an overflowing well of stories, settings, and characters for her fiction. She chronicles her life and travels as part of a military family on her travel blog found at kmoserwrites.wordpress.com

Karri currently lives and works in Maine. She draws inspiration from the small coastal tourist towns, rocky beaches, and the unique history and culture of New England.

She is the author of THE WEATHERING OF SEA GLASS, MOOSE POND LODGE, and the sequel to MOOSE POND LODGE--THE THRIVING OF WILLOWS. Karri's latest novel, A HOME FOR THE WINDSWEPT, is published through Black Rose Writing.

When Karri isn't writing, she loves to run, paint, garden, and tour around New England, all with a hot hazelnut coffee in her hand.

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Content Warning: Excessive profanity

*I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from Black Rose Writing through LibraryThing Early Reviews. All views and opinions expressed are completely honest, and my own.