Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Love Like a Rock
Allison Kohn · 2016
62/100
👎 Skip It
Kohn's faith is clearly lived-in rather than decorative, and the wartime marriage premise between a Union soldier's widow and a Confederate private has genuine romantic tension. But self-publication limits editorial polish, and the appeal sits narrowly within the Christian historical romance community — readers outside that circle will not find enough here to justify the pick.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: Explicitly Christian content including scripture throughout; not flagged as a concern but worth noting for reader-matching. We still scored it 62; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety80
Substance / usefulness58
Craft & writing58
Originality62
Evidence & accuracy65
Hype vs delivers70
Age-fit82
👁 Human-eye gut-check57
Penny’s verdict62
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