Adult Review – Irish Rose Orphans’ Christmas – historical fiction

Mathis, Susan G. Irish Rose Orphans’ Christmas, np: smWordWorks, llc, 2025

Irish Rose Orphans prequel

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Summary

Get ready to fall in love with seven girls and their unforgettable stories! This heartwarming prequel sets the stage for the upcoming Irish Rose Orphans: A Thousand Islands Gilded Age Series, where seven spirited young women serve the islands’ elite!—author Donna Schlachter

Brooklyn, 1876
At the Irish Rose Orphan Asylum for Girls, seven young women are about to experience a Christmas that will change everything—their last one together before stepping into lives of service among strangers in the Gilded Age. United by trials and an unbreakable bond, they’ve pledged to remain “forever sisters.” But as the season of parting approaches, buried wounds rise to the surface.

Twin sisters Annie and Taryn remain divided by a silent rift. Fiona grapples with the ache of abandonment. Vivian hides her fear of being left behind beneath a cheerful façade. Cassie, the lover of numbers, tries to steady the group as Isabel and Gloria struggle with the agony of separation.

When Sister Rose invites the girls to prepare their hearts during Advent for a deeper calling, each young woman must face the truth of her past and the hope of her future. A final gift—tin lockets adorned with the Irish Rose—become tokens of hope, courage, and an everlasting sisterhood. This Christmas, seven orphans will discover that no matter where life leads them, love and faith will go with them.

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My Adult Review

Irish Rose Orphans’ Christmas is different from other books I’ve read by Mathis but it makes sense since it is a prequel. In this book, readers are introduced to the seven young girls who, I assume, will become the main characters of the books in the Irish Rose Orphans series. This book is not set in the Thousand Islands as many of her books are, but it looks as though the rest of the series will be. 

The book gives an insight into life in orphanages in the late 1800’s. Each of the girls handles her life differently, but they are bound by their faith and friendship. As the story progresses, they learn to lean more on God and on each other. I can’t wait to read the rest of the books in this series. 

Irish Rose Orphans’ Christmas is historical fiction written for the adult audience. However, there is nothing in the book to keep it from being added to a K-12 Christian school library. 

I recevied a complimentary copy of Irish Rose Orphans’ Christmas. This is my honest review.

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