Until My Soul Gets It Right (The Bibliophiles: Book Two) [Kindle Edition]

Thank you to WOW Women on Writing and Karen Wojcik Berner for the opportunity to share Until My Soul Gets it Right.

Until My Soul Gets It Right (The Bibliophiles: Book Two)
Have you ever yearned for life to be different? What would you do to accomplish this goal? Where would you go to ensure this goal was accomplished? What would you change? Karen Wojcik Berner answers these questions in her latest novel Until My Soul Gets It Right.

Synopsis:

Catherine has never felt at home whether it be in Wisconsin in Burkesville or Portland Maine. Her family does not do much to help her to consider staying at the family home in Wisconsin. Catherine's dream is becoming an actress. She leaves for Portland Maine after seeing a travel program advertising the city. Katherine finds work and a home away from her home in Wisconsin but will it be permanent? Catherine immediately finds a job and an adoptive family but will it be enough? Will her travels help her find what she is looking for?

My Thoughts:

The Bibliophiles series focuses on the members of the group. In the first book we met Annie and Sarah. This book we meet Catherine. She is a great character! I loved reading this book. The author has succeeded in creating another great character. I was drawn into the story through Catherine's experiences. This character reminded me of Jane Eyre and her dilemmas.

I felt that this story was much better than the previous book. The plot was great! The story leaves you wanting more. I liked this book and read it in two days. I look forward to the next book.

Our heroine, Catherine Ebert, has always been "bigger" than the small Wisconsin farmtown in which she grew up - at least, in her own mind. She landed the part of "Ado Annie" in the local high school production of Oklahoma, but her straitlaced forbid her to take such an "immoral role."

She escapes to Portland, Maine, just because she saw it on TV, and later, to San Diego, but her life is based upon running from and rebelling from her parents; then upon a wealthy husband. How does Catherine sort out who SHE is, amongst all the rebellion?

The Bibliophiles is a series Ms. Berner is writing, based upon different characters who attend a suburban Illinois readers' group. What's here (in the series, so far) is slow, character growth, not a tremendous amount of external conflict or decision-making. No guns are fired (at least, not yet), nothing blows up, but there is a great deal going on under some still waters.

For myself, I enjoyed "Soul" more than "Whisper," but they are both interesting books.

In this book, we get to know Catherine of the Bibliophiles. Her story is one of breaking free and finding herself. In a desperate attempt to break from from Burkesville, WI, Catherine travels from one coast to the other. On her own for the first time, she makes a life for herself and learns some important, sometimes difficult, lessons along the way. I very much enjoy Karen's writing style and touch of humor throughout. I look forward to more from her!