The Innkeeper's Daughter Review

The Innkeeper's Daughter by Michelle Griep 

Book Description:
A London officer goes undercover to expose a plot against the Crown
 
Dover, England, 1808: Officer Alexander Moore goes undercover as a gambling gentleman to expose a high-stakes plot against the king—and he’s a master of disguise, for Johanna Langley believes him to be quite the rogue. . .until she can no longer fight against his unrelenting charm.
 
All Johanna wants is to keep the family inn afloat, but when the rent and the hearth payment are due at the same time, where will she find the extra funds? If she doesn’t come up with the money, there will be nowhere to go other than the workhouse—where she’ll be separated from her ailing mother and ten-year-old brother.
 
Alex desperately wants to help Johanna, especially when she confides in him, but his mission—finding and bringing to justice a traitor to the crown—must come first, or they could all end up dead.

My Opinion:
Hmmmm.  Sadly this one isn't my cup of tea.  Which, as anyone who has read my previous Griep book reviews will know, is strange. :/  She is one of my favorite authors.  Though this one just didn't capture me like ones in the past.  I must say that this feels like a sequel to her Brentwood's Ward (to which I've only read a bit of, not the whole thing yet) and I was so excited when I realized this.  Fans of that book will love the touches that link the two.  And I must say that even though I didn't particularly like this book I absolutely LOVED the Faith scenes and messages!  Lessons of Trusting God and remembering that He is all, are written beautifully!!!!  It was the one thing that I LOVED about this book.  But now please know that these thing that I didn't like are all my own personal feelings and stem from my preferences; so this still may be a book for you and the Faith messages are truly amazing and well written.  I must also say that I only made it to chapter 34 and then just skimmed the rest.  First off I didn't like many of the exclamations of characters, and many of the descriptions are harsher than I've usually read from her.  The overall feel, seems to me, darker as well, which is something I don't like.  And that makes me wonder if that is also the feel in Brentwood's Ward (since I do remember noting some darker threads in what I had read).  I think it might be just these novels having to do with Bow Street Officers, but I digress.  In the beginning I liked the characters, but towards the end I just didn't feel connected to them anymore.  I was MANY steps ahead of them in the plot and knew what was going to happen.  I'm used to expecting BIG twists from Michelle and while there was one that I didn't have figured out before hand, it wasn't all that big to me.  Overall the Lessons on Faith could be worth reading this book since they are so true and beautiful.  If you are a long time Michelle Griep fan give it a try and see what you think (maybe it's just me), but if you are new to her books there are many other's that top my favorites that I would recommend before this one.

Songs: "I Just Need U" by tobyMac, "Hello Beautiful" by MercyMe 
Songs etc. May be changed and/or added in the future. ~ASC

Proverbs 3:5-6

~ASC

*I received this book from Barbour for the purpose of reviewing it.  This in no way affected my opinion and the above are my true thoughts and feelings about The Innkeeper's Daughter. ~ASC