Review: Wish it were longer...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 17, 2013
In 1858, the word "dyslexia" had not been heard of so when Dex Stanton looked at a book and the letters seemed to move and jump around, he cannot learn to read so he (and pretty much everyone else in the town) assumed he was stupid.  After an embarrassing episode where he wrote for a mail-order bride and she wrote him a letter back making fun of his writing and ridiculing him, he is tempted to give up.  Instead he decides to give it one more try and see if Rachel Oliver, according to Dexter the smartest girl in town, can teach him to read.  He has to swallow a lot of pride to let her know that he cannot read because she is the girl he wants to marry and he has never let her know of his feelings for her because he thinks she is way too good for him and he certainly doesn't want her to think he is stupid!  Rachel has been in love with Dex for several years but she also is keeping her feelings a secret.This book is set in the mid 1800's and it is about mail order brides and is set out west...all of these are elements I love so I really enjoyed this book but I would like for it to have been a bit longer.  I understand that it is the prequel to A Bride for Keeps and I look forward to getting that book to see how Dex and Rachel are doing and also see if Rachel's bratty little sister has managed to hide her childish and selfish ways long enough to fool some man into marrying her.