lindsayreads21's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed this book. This is not a genre that I usually read, but I am starting to now because of how well Laura Frantz told this story. I became very deeply invested in the story and loved the subtle Christian undertone of the book.
juliebihn's review against another edition
Not a typical Christian romance, so if you don't like formula it might be a great fit for you!
duchessnikki's review against another edition
4.0
I like seeing inside the life of a different time or place.
betherin02's review against another edition
5.0
This was a pleasure read for me but I love it so much that I added it to my top 2018 favorites post on FaithfullyBookish.com
My heart was so torn for Lael! This is a delightfully engrossing read and the audio is wonderful as well. I'm so glad I borrowed this story!
My heart was so torn for Lael! This is a delightfully engrossing read and the audio is wonderful as well. I'm so glad I borrowed this story!
sasartin's review against another edition
2.0
I almost did not read this book because of the cover but love everything Laura Frantz, especially when she writes the frontier so I finally did. I was sorely disappointed. Normally her 400 pages are well worth the read and this book dragged for me. It was all over the place and unclear the direction of the story even until the end. So much wishy washy ness, I would not recommend.
scottishpixie26's review
4.0
This was a great book and I would have given it 5 stars but it just seemed too long. It took a few chapters for me to get into. Once I finally got into it, it was an amazing story. I'd say that it would have been better for the first few chapters to have been condensed into a prologue, but the book may have not turned out as well. Who knows.
rachelreadwhat's review against another edition
3.0
I would have liked this waaaay more if we'd have found out what happened to Captain Jack, and if Pa's "death" hadn't been so suspicious. Aggghhh, it drives me crazy when lose ends aren't wrapped up.
camiba's review
4.0
This book started out slow. There were even several boring unimportant pages that I admittedly skimmed. The last 15 or so chapters the story really picked up and concluded nicely.
shammons's review against another edition
4.0
My second Laura Frantz book. I read The Colonels' Lady first and throughly enjoyed it. This one was almost as good, maybe took a bit more to setup the plot, but I did really enjoy it. I think I have at least one more from this author that I'll read (Courting Morrow Little). Good pre-Revolutionary, Colonial history with a Christian/romance slant.
hkeeney7398's review against another edition
3.0
This book really had me going in the first half. So many years were covered, and so many things were packed into such a small part of the book. Then we hit the second half, and it felt like the author kept adding things to make the story go on, when she should have wrapped it up. Lael also should have spoken up to the men she loved like she had the spunk to do quite a few other times to other people. Her and Ian's romance wouldn't have dragged out so long then.
Overall, I looked the book at first, but I honestly was more intrigued about Lael just being dropped off at school. I would have loved to hear more about that experience and how she grew during that experience, because it seemed like the same girl who left was the same girl who came back even though there was how many years of difference.
I did appreciate the growth she had in the second half, and the way the author brought about her conversion was very well done and it didn't seem forced. I will be reading more of her books.
Overall, I looked the book at first, but I honestly was more intrigued about Lael just being dropped off at school. I would have loved to hear more about that experience and how she grew during that experience, because it seemed like the same girl who left was the same girl who came back even though there was how many years of difference.
I did appreciate the growth she had in the second half, and the way the author brought about her conversion was very well done and it didn't seem forced. I will be reading more of her books.