Review: Love Is Patient
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 13, 2014
A good , clean historical romance.The story fells BethAnne, a young woman who has recently lost both her husband and her newborn baby boy.  Afraid of the fever that has been raging the town, the rest of her family have also moved away.  BethAnne is left alone to care for her family's sheep farm. Angry and hurt, beth wanted nothing to do with god.  But with the help of her neighbor Jacob, beth starts to let god back in her life again.  Her friendship and romance with Jacob, along with her adoption of her two young girls, helps her to move on.What I liked most about this story was bethanne.  Frankly, she's mean, rude, and not very nice to people.  But the reality us, after losing everyone you love, who wouldn't be?  In most stories, I feel like the heroine, under such circumstances is too nice.  But Bethanne is painted realistically.  And by the end of the story, she becomes a knd , god fearing woman.I only had a few complaints about this novel.  First, it is a little heavy on the religion, so if you don't want to read about the importance of God every few pages, this book isn't for you.  Second, the dialouge is hard to read.  The characters don't speak proper English, and that makes it difficult to read sometimes.  I understand why the author wrote it this way- it makes the chactets more realistic, but it can be hard to follow. Third, I had trouble accepting the initial premise of this book.  Her husband dies trying to find her family to tell them the fever is over. But why would he have to find them? They could just write her a letter to ask if the fever is over.  They know where she lives.  She's living in their old house.  And they do write a letter later to tel her her husband died.Except for those few things though, I really did like this book and I would recommend it to others.