Lately I’ve wanted to read books that don’t have a lot of romance – sometimes you just need a break, ya know? The Color of Home was the perfect break. While there is a teeny bit of romance, it’s really more of a women’s fiction type read to me, and it was just what I needed.
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About the Book
The Color of Home Author Kit Tosello
Published by Baker Books
on September 24, 2024
Genres: Fiction / Christian / Contemporary, Fiction / Small Town & Rural, Fiction / Women
Pages: 352
Amazon | Goodreads | Baker Book HouseAudrey Needham, Bay Area interior designer to the rich and pretentious, is down to her last nerve. Her boss is impossible to please, her future is in jeopardy, and her great-aunt Daisy needs support as her husband descends into Alzheimer's.
When Daisy enlists Audrey's help preparing for a move to assisted living, Audrey risks her career to return to the idyllic small town of Charity Falls, Oregon, the summer stomping grounds of her childhood. But Charity Falls was also the place that broke her heart when her father was killed in a tragic fire at the Sugar Pine Inn thirteen years ago.
Despite Audrey's intent to avoid emotional entanglement, the pull of home is hard to resist. Something should be done about the deteriorating inn. A local girl with an incarcerated father needs a friend. And handsome local do-gooder Cade Carter is coloring Audrey all shades of uncertain.
Join award-winning writer and debut novelist Kit Tosello in this lyrical and often humorous exploration of how God redeems brokenness and draws us to the life we're meant to find.
My Perspective
The Color of Home is a beautifully written debut novel about – you guessed it – home. What is home to you? That’s really the question of the book in my opinion. We all think that home is a building that we live in, but Tosello reminds us that it’s much more than that.
Aunt Daisy really pulled at my heart strings honestly. She was my favorite character, and I really just resonated with her story. Not because I’m her age lol, but because I’ve seen people in my community go through what she is going through, and I can see myself going through it later in life. And honestly? I learned a lot from here. And so did Audrey!! Daisy is just a wealth of knowledge, had her moments for sure, but overall a sweet character that we can learn so much from.
I did enjoy the sweet romance between Cade and Audrey. It’s not on the page a ton, which is ok. I appreciated that Tosello really focused on Daisy and Audrey, and that was more of a side plot. I think had it been different, it would have taken away from the main theme of the story. I enjoyed seeing Audrey’s journey just as much as Daisy’s.
The Color of Home is a novel that will speak to hearts, and make you smile. Highly recommend.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. I was not required to write a favorable review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
About the Author
Kit Tosello is an award-winning writer of evocative, small-town, contemporary women’s fiction with heart and humor, as well as inspirational essays and devotionals. Her debut novel, The Color of Home, releases September 24, 2024 with Revell Publishing and is now available for preorder.
Kit’s recognitions include a 2016 Cascade Award for published article and a 2019 Cascade Award for unpublished nonfiction book. Her inspirational essays appear in The Kitchen Devotional (Revell, 2024), So God Made a Grandma (Tyndale, 2025), So God Made a Mother (Tyndale, 2023), and Miracles Do Happen: 101 Glimpses of the Hidden Hand of God (Guideposts, 2019).
A former kitchen designer, Kit is a freelance newspaper correspondent and book editor. But her favorite gigs are wife, mom, and nana. When not writing or editing, Kit can be found in the loose-tea shop she operates with her husband, exploring the great Pacific Northwest, or enjoying the “great indoors”—which is to say, bookstores & libraries. Most likely with a matcha latte in hand.
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Great review! This book sounds like a good read.