The Ride of Her Life Review

This time I am going to review The Ride Of Her Life by: Lorna Seilstad.

It has been three years since Lilly Hart has lost her husband. Raising a six-year-old boy is challenging enough as a single mom, but the matter is further complicated by Lilly’s former in-laws. They will stop at nothing to rip her son from her in the name of doing what’s best for the boy. All this adds up to some major trust issues that are challenged when Lilly spends more time with Nick Perrin.

I enjoyed this book, but not nearly as much as I enjoyed the first two books in this series. Maybe this could mostly just have to do with what was going on in my life, but I put this book down multiple times. It was easy to forget about.

That isn’t to say that it isn’t a great book. Lorna Seilstad’s writing wraps you up in the story when you read it. The plot progresses nicely. I was never bored with the book, I just managed to put it down too often. It’s not a book that I couldn’t wait to finish and I stayed up all night long to read.

I really liked Lilly when she was just Marguerite’s sidekick. She was a great voice of reason and an encouragement for Marguerite. I really loved her faith and relationship with God. In this book, though, I felt there was a huge disconnect from the Lilly of Making Waves and the Lilly presented here. I understand her heartache changed her, but in the first book she almost seemed so secure in her Christianity. I really loved getting to know her in this book, but she almost felt like a completely different person.

I liked Nick, but he felt a bit flat as a character. His backstory was so unique that I wished it played a bit larger role in this book. It was just barely mentioned on occasion throughout the whole course of the book that I became super curious about it. I wanted to know even more, but there never was the chance. I liked his unique job of designing roller coasters, but I didn’t know really why he liked it. I didn’t really feel his motivations for pursuing the career. This all translated to a good, but not great hero for this book.

The ending to this book is good. So much time was spent building up to the climax that the ending actually felt a bit rushed. Most of this book revolves around Mr. Hart wanting to take Levi from Lilly that I thought climax and tension would be so much more than what it turned out to be. It just fizzles out towards the end like a fuse that goes out right before igniting a firework.

I thought Lorna Seilstad did a great job dealing with Lilly’s trust issues. Nothing to do with that felt fake or forced. The message in this book was beautiful.

Even though it doesn’t quite sound like it, I really did enjoy this book. It’s a great book for someone looking for a sweet inspirational romance.