A Few Bumps in the Road

Idioms & Clichés, Book 3

By: Janice Cole Hopkins

Narrated by: Brad Leaf

Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

Judith Johnson takes her younger brother and moves from Western Virginia to Kansas as a mail-order bride after their parents die. Her husband, although handsome and charming, turns out to be a womanizer and has a drinking problem. Judith is determined to make her marriage work, however, and she keeps telling herself her situation could be worse.

At least Calvin's older brother is stable and responsible, providing a home for them on the farm where they all live. But farm life on the prairie can be hard in 1850, and Calvin’s attitude makes the struggles even worse. Where will it all lead? Does God have a plan in all this?

©2022 Janice Cole Hopkins (P)2022 Janice Cole Hopkins

Loved this!

In my opinion each book to this series has been better than the one before! While I wasn't a fan of the adultery, drinking and promiscuous lifestyle of some characters in this book, I loved the faith and love of God of the others. I won't spoil anything, but I really enjoyed the ending.

The narrative was done well.

I received a free copy of this book and I am voluntarily leaving this review.

Historical Romance

I listened to this book and the story in itself and the narrator was great. I really enjoyed the spiritual nuggets, the forgiveness and strong will of a person was really something to hear. Jessica and Matthew were really strong in their spiritual life. It is a clean book even though there were some things that happened that could have been terrible. The author was very careful not to go to far and the characterizations had to be identified for the story.
I received a copy of this audiobook from the author but was not required to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.

Fantastic!

I have read many of the books by this author, however, this book has wowed me! It is by far my favorite of hers. It kept me intrigued from the very beginning until the very end. I fell in love with (most) of the characters and will be sad to say goodbye to them! Well written and a beautiful read. ❤️

I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Such a sweet ending!!

I loved this book and listened as much as I could! the story line flowed nicely and the characters were portrayed very well! I had no trouble at all following along and loved the Bible verses throughout. Thanks for another awesome listen!! ❤️

Mail Order Bride

This book by Janice Cole Hopkins was a much more realistic mail order bride story than what I have been accustomed to reading. I'll bet there were a lot more of these type marriages where one or both parties were a bit disappointed and had to work really hard at the marriage. I'll have to say that Judith was much more forgiving than I probably would have been and I certainly would not have been able to keep from voicing my opinion! Brad Leaf did a good job narrating this story and I soon got caught up in it! I would definitely read/listen to another book by this author/narrator team!

Excellent

A glimpse into that era of time when there were few options for a young girl. She had obligations wanting a home, a place for them.
Could things be worse, she lives with hope that things will be better.
A good plot, and with good narration
Given audio for my voluntary review and my honest opinion

Beautiful Story

Listening to A Few Bumps in the Road, you are taken in by the characters and their story. Judith needs to leave her home and accepts that she will become a mail order bride. Life is hard with Clayton, but he only thinks of himself first. His brother, Matthew sees what’s happening with their marriage, but must remain outside. Will their faith in God help them after the tragedy that happens. Inspirational and moving story. I was given a copy of the book by the author for an honest review.