Review: Blessed Isle
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 31, 2012
Blessed Isle is a powerful and soul-wrenching story by Alex Beecroft, a tale of love in a time when love is punishable by death.  Captain Harry Thompson and First Lieutenant Garnet Littleton are posted on the HMS Banshee, a prison transport, when bad luck befalls the ship.  Sickness  overruns, leaving very few alive and as an atrocious storm sinks her, thus shipwrecking Harry and Garnet on a deserted island.While aboard the HMS Banshee, the men fight their growing attraction towards each other, but when they find themselves stranded on an uninhabited island, they throw caution to the wind and begin their illicit affair. They embark on a love affair that left me filled with a storm of emotions, hopeful that their love be permitted to blossom.Ms. Beecroft wove her magic as she told a story from both characters point of view, keeping true to form in the style of a ship's log, with every account detailed in their narratives.  Both Harry and Garnet spoke of their journey through troubled times and the hope of one day being true to themselves in the open, nil of repercussions.  Ms. Beecroft commanded the book physically and emotionally. The chemistry between the two men was direct and forthright.  The waves of turmoil were delivered throughout as Harry and Garnet struggled through physical ailments and emotional burdens radiated from the pages.A novel set in a time when homosexuality had no name and sodomy was a death sentence.  Ms. Beecroft took the delicate subject and delivered a true romance, a poetic story that is conveyed in the style of a timeless classic.book provided by publisher for the purpose of an honest reviewreviewed by Evelise