Under the Bayou Moon

Characters: Ah, the characters were my favorite part of this book. I loved how they joked around with each other! They seemed like real friends. Language: Clean. There was one cuss word cut off after the first letter though. Moral: This was one of those books by a Christian publisher that didn't real......more

In a starred review, Publisher's Weekly called this story lyrical & they were right! But even as a voracious reader & literature teacher, I couldn't quite pinpoint what made the story so magical. With prose that was neither overwritten nor spare, Valerie Fraser Luesse had me seeing, feeling & hearin......more

As I sat and mused over the book, still holding it in my hand, my daughter asked me, are you crying? No, I said, just thinking....and this is definitely one of those books that leaves you with lots of thoughts to process. First, I have to say, I absolutely loved this book. Valerie Fraser Luesse has a......more

It was an excellent love story set in the bayous of the Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana. The characters are believable and for the most part likeable. Raphe Broussard is raising his nephew Remy on his own when Ellie Fields, the town’s new schoolteacher, comes to town from Alabama. She was different tha......more

When I saw that this book takes place on the Louisiana bayou, seeing as how someone very close to me is from LA, I of course had to request to review it. Oh. My. Goodness. Gracious. It took me a couple of weeks to get into the story; A young woman (Ellie) on her way to a new job in the middle of nowhe......more