Review of THE MASON JAR & Kindle Fire Giveaway from @JRLingerfelt!

About the book: 

What if your old college roommate called, raving about a book someone sent her, calling it the most beautiful book she's ever read? "But," she said, "it's about you." The author is your college ex.

In The Mason Jar, Clayton Fincannon is a Tennessee farm boy raised at the feet of his grandfather. He and his grandfather leave letters for each other in a Mason jar on his grandfather's desk---letters of counsel and affirmation. When Clayton attends college in Southern California, he meets and falls in love with a dark debutante from Colorado. However, when an unmentioned past resurrects in her life and she leaves, Clayton is left with unanswered questions.

Clayton goes on to serve as a missionary in Africa, while he and his grandfather continue their tradition of writing letters. When Clayton returns home five years later to bury his grandfather, he searches for answers pertaining to the loss of the young woman he once loved. Little does Clayton know, the answers await him in the broken Mason jar.

A story about a girl who vanished, a former love who wrote a book about her, and a reunion they never imagined.

Written for the bruised and broken, The Mason Jar is an inspirational romance that brings hope to people who have experienced disappointment in life due to separation from loved ones. With a redemptive ending that encourages us to love again and written in the fresh, romantic tones of Nicholas Sparks, The Mason Jar interweaves the imagery of Thoreau with the adventures and climatic family struggles common to Dances with Wolves, A River Runs Through It, and Legends of the Fall. 

My review:  

This was an interesting story that had some important life lessons to share.  I really liked Clayton's wise grandfather and the letters he left for him with wonderful advice.  I liked Clayton and Eden and their passion for orphans and humanitarian work.  It was a sweet love story, but I felt so bad for Clayton when she disappeared.  There was talk of God, but it didn't seem like a Christian story, with Eden remembering losing her virginity to her boyfriend without regret and seeing her and Clayton spending a lot of alone time with each other, sometimes overnight, which was a huge temptation and certainly not avoiding the appearance of evil.  I did like the hopeful feel to it even though there were some sad things dealt with. You might like it if you like romances with some good advice!

I received this book free from Litfuse Publicity in exchange for an honest review.

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About the author: 

James Russell Lingerfelt is the author of The Mason Jar and writes articles for The Huffington Post. James connects with readers at his blog, Love Story from the Male Perspective, and divides his time between Southern California and his family's ranch in Alabama.

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James Russell Lingerfelt's debut novel, The Mason Jar, is hot-off-the-press and causing quite the buzz. It's even been optioned for a feature film and is in pre-production.

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