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adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book was one of my 2023 favorites! That being said, I do love historical fiction and the civil war time period in particular. This book was interesting in that it portrayed the dueling prospectives of best friends/ cousins on different sides of the war.
Lizzie was the more relatable of the two, a hardworking girl who stayed loyal to her parents and to to the cause, preferring to stay in her small town and do whatever she can to help. Rosanna was more of a romantic, who ran off to marry a Confederate soldier and becomes wrapped up in the cause. Being torn apart by distance, the cousins becoming less close, yet their bond is renewed when the reunite during one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, fought right in their hometown of Gettysburg.
Lizzie was the more relatable of the two, a hardworking girl who stayed loyal to her parents and to to the cause, preferring to stay in her small town and do whatever she can to help. Rosanna was more of a romantic, who ran off to marry a Confederate soldier and becomes wrapped up in the cause. Being torn apart by distance, the cousins becoming less close, yet their bond is renewed when the reunite during one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, fought right in their hometown of Gettysburg.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Infidelity
This is a book about war and one of the characters is a nurse, so there are descriptions of battle wounds and illnesses.
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