The City of Fire vs The Witness: Which Should You Read?

The City of Fire Grace Livingston Hill · 1922 ★★★★☆ 4.3 270 pages · ≈ 5 h 00 m · Challenging

“Sabbath Valley lay like a green jewel cupped in the hand of the surrounding mountains with the morning sun serene upon it picking out the clean smooth streets, the white houses with their green blinds, the maples with their clear cut leaves, the cosy brick school house wide winged and friendly, the vine clad stone church, and the little stone bungalow with low spreading roof that was the parsonage”

Lynn Severn, beautiful daughter of a small town minister, is deeply troubled by the barrier which has come between her and her former playmate, Mark Carter.

The Witness Grace Livingston Hill · 1980 ★★★★☆ 4.2 276 pages · ≈ 5 h 07 m · Moderate

“Like a sudden cloudburst the dormitory became a frenzy of sound.”

A witness is someone who has first-hand knowledge of something, such as a crime or wedding, and usually by seeing it.