I wanted to love this book, really I did. But the quality of the writing stopped me. The idea of the female character, Noelle, being blind and finding love despite that was touching. I found the male character, Thad, to be the only saving grace of the book. His devotion to her was wonderful. I did like the various minor characters. However, not enough was done to describe them, past Henrietta's objection to modern progress, which was amusing. The only plot of the book, the accident with the uncle, was lost eventually to the rambling love story. And that is where I became confused. The thoughts between the two main characters were often repetitive. Just when the author had finally given them some depth and allowed them to show feelings for each other, she yanked them away again making statements that did not fit in with how she had developed the characters to that point. I did like the slow progress of the romance. Too often in romance books they are sped up unnaturally. However, Noelle's reluctance at falling in love again was not explained well enough, and I think this is what caused her thoughts to become so opposite to each other. The stages of their love needed more planning beforehand. There were also numerous point of view problems, switching from one side to the other unheeded, and several issues with grammar that left me confused. The Christian portion of the story was very minor to the story itself and often became drowned out. Too bad this book is already in print because with considerable work, it would have made a great love story.