Book Review: Loyally, Luke by Pepper Basham
A heartwarming conclusion to Pepper Basham's Skymar series
Disclaimers
Disclaimer: I would like to thank NetGalley and Thomas Nelson Fiction for providing me with a free audio e-ARC of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions are my own.
Content Warnings
This book contains the following content warnings. Please take these into consideration when deciding whether or not to read this book.
Cancer (recounted)
Death of parents (mentioned)
Alcoholism (mentioned)
Gaslighting
Classism
My Review of Loyally, Luke
Pepper Basham, author of Authentically, Izzy and Positively, Penelope, does it again with her latest (and possibly last) installment of the Skymar series: Loyally, Luke.
Luke Edgewood has no need for what he calls “the frou-frou” of Hallmark movies in his life. But, when he gets tasked to spearhead a major renovation for an orphanage in Skymar, Luke’s life turns into one.
Loyally, Luke is a heartwarming novel that left me grinning from ear to ear. Readers who love Basham’s swoon-worthy romance in the previous two books of the Skymar series will have their fill of swoon as Luke falls in love with a Skymarian princess, Ellie, and he doesn’t even know it.
Since I have listened to each book in the series on audio, I definitely noticed that Basham and her team went all out with the narration/production. Narrated by a full cast of narrators, each of the narrators brought their own narration styles that made the characters come to life from the page in Basham’s least epistolary novel of the series. However, I do note that the only downside to having this many narrators on hand is that you don’t get that duet narration between the love interests as you would have if you were listening to Authentically, Izzy or Positively, Penelope.
What I love most about Loyally, Luke is how Basham is able to get you swept in the heart of the story. Feeling the characters’ emotion from the book’s narration to the book’s main themes of grace and hope, it’s hard not to get invested in these characters and in this story. As it may be the last book of the Skymar series, Basham also takes time to nicely wrap the character arcs from the other Edgewood family members as they all get their HEAs.
That being said, you need to read Loyally, Luke if you’re looking for a Christian romance full of heart and an audiobook narration that will get you completely swept away.
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