Book Review of
When Stone Wings Fly
Kieran Lucas’s grandmother is slipping into dementia, and, when her memory is gone, Kieran’s last tie to the family she barely knows will be lost forever. Worse, Granny Mac is being tormented by flashbacks of her mother’s death and the loss of their home.
When Stone Wings Fly by Karen Barnett was published in 2022.
It is a dual timeline book set in 1931 and 2016.
In 1931, Rosie’s home is threatened by the Tennessee Great Smokies Park Commission as they create a new national park. She vows to stay on her land until she dies. Will she take an offer that allows her and her disabled sister the opportunity to stay for her lifetime?
Eighty-five years later, Kieran heads back to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to find answers to a mysterious death and bring peace to her grandmother. A park historian, Zach Jensen, may be the answer to both questions and a precious family heirloom.
Lynn's Review
When Stone Wings Fly is written by Karen Barnett a former park ranger who now writes books set in national parks.
I have read the three books by Karen Barnett that were set in National Parks in the Western United States, but this time she based the book in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
I really enjoyed this book because I didn’t know the history of the Smoky Mountains and the government forcing people off their land in order to create the park. This is definitely a Christian romance book, but it has a great storyline mixed in with some predictable cheesy parts.
I enjoy Karen Barnett’s books when I need an easy fun clean read. I will read anything she writes and can’t wait to read her next book about National Parks because it is a fun way to learn history.
Her other National Parks books are The Road to Paradise, Where Fire Falls, and Ever Faithful.
About Karen Barnett
Karen Barnett lives in the Pacific Northwest. She is a former park ranger who now writes books set in National Parks.