I didn't love this book. I felt a book titled Hurricane Season would have more dramatic moments that are typically associated with these types of storms. However, there was never that pinnacle moment of drama or change. In fact, all of the characters seemed to be in the same place on the last page of the novel that they were in the beginning of the book. Yes, Betsy and Jenna had taken steps to repair their relationship, Jenna developed a greater understanding of her life goals, and Betsy dealt with her inability to have kids. I guess I just wanted more..

I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

I really wanted to like this book. I tried to like this book. I just couldn't feel a connection to any of the characters so I was forced to give up.

Does it count that I really liked the cows?

Thanks to the Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC, Beautifully written story revolved around relations.

Thanks for the Netgalley and the publisher, I got an arc to discover this author and her work. When I started reading a good women's fiction novel I couldn't put it down, same thing happened here too. And specially I love stories about sisters, I'm glad that I came across this one.

Betsy and Jenna are two different souls. In years they lost their bound but when Jenna decided to chase rainbows and become the photographer she once dreamed, her two little girls have to stay with their aunt in their farm. Betsy is a happily married woman but after years of trying to have babies, she is a heart-broken woman too. To see what important for her, all she has to do is spend time with these two little angels. While Betsy was healing, Jenna finds herself and her priorities. Before Hurricane Ingrid hit, she makes a decision about her life.

I love how two sisters united at the end. Sweet stories like this is one of my favorites. Maybe it could end differently, but it's still a good one.

I really enjoyed this story. Since I have spent a lot of time on the Alabama Gulf Coast, I appreciated her sense of place. The plot moves right along and the characters are so believable. I also can identify with hurricane worries.

Storms can bring great destruction, but they can also bring a time for discovering what lasts, what holds together even through the harshest weather, and what comes out better for the rain. The Hurricane Season is a book truly evocative of Southern summer and which captures the complications of family relationships, the desire to see dreams fulfilled, and the trials that test marriages and break hearts.

When Betsy receives a voice message from her sister, Jenna, asking if she can leave her two young girls with her while she attends a photography camp, Betsy knows it will test everything inside her. It will bring back the harsh memories of negative test results and the guest room that never became a nursery. It will strain further her relationship with her husband, something that was only now slowly returning to normal. But Betsy never says no to her sister and so two sweet, young girls descend on Betsy and Ty's farm and home. For Jenna it is a time to finally follow her dreams of photography. For Betsy and Ty it is a time of facing the past's hurt and faded dreams, while reconnecting as a couple. But as a hurricane looms, will this family survive everything the summer has in store for them?

Once again, Lauren K. Denton entwines a story of healing and discovery with a perfectly captured setting. The scenery is almost an extra character. The summery days, the firefly-filled nights, the howling wind, and lashing rain all perfectly reflect the mood and themes of the story.

There are a number of stories which feature in The Hurricane Season - Betsy and Ty's story as a couple, their individual stories of healing and acceptance, and of course Jenna's story as she searches for her purpose and what this means when trying to mother two young children. Each story plays its part in this book and provides a layered and detailed plot, strong characters who are easy to love, and, of course, that gorgeous setting. I loved very minute spent on Ty and Betsy's dairy farm, loved the little descriptions of the regular work and the animals. The chapters from Jenna's perspective also take the reader on her journey of recovering her skills as a photographer and exploring the wilds of the untamed South. The chapters alternate between the perspectives of these three main characters.

I think I fell a little in love with Ty. He has an incredible work ethic. He is slow to speak, yet everything he says is considered and thoughtful. I loved his love, care, and protectiveness of Betsy. I loved that he loved her complications and saw it as his job as husband to be there for her and to figure out what she needed, even if she couldn't speak the words. Their relationship journey was wonderful to witness. They have faced something that has tested their bond, but together, with a few hiccups along the way, they put each other first

This book, while published by at traditionally Christian inspirational publisher, fits somewhere between a Christian novel and general fiction. I believe readers of both categories will enjoy this delightful story. Betsy and Ty are Christians, attend church a few times in the novel and mention prayer, but faith does not dominate the storyline in any way. Instead, the growth of the characters and their journey of reconciliation, acceptance. and direction for the future is the focus of this book. The ending, I thought, was truly wonderful. I loved that it is hopeful, but doesn't brush over the fact that sometimes dreams change or might look a little different than first expected.

Hurricane Season is a beautiful novel of relationships, family, futures, farming, hope, love, and fireflies.

The publishers provided an advanced readers copy of this book for reviewing purposes. All opinions are my own.