Review: Best one in the series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2013
I liked this book and I liked the characters.  Part of what I liked about it was the Journal written by the grandmother and the uncovering of a long ago romance that could never be.  It resulted in decades of loneliness and longing.  I loved Boyd's playfulness and his determination to win Claire.  I could understand where Claire was coming from but I thought she carried the temperance marches too far especially when it put her in danger and was causing so much disruption among the townspeople.  I totally love the Grayson family's devotion to one another - that part is great.  My complaint with this book is the explicit sexual descriptions and the bawdiness.  The way Claire was raised made this part seem unrealistic and unbelievable.  It seemed out of character with the way she was described in the early part of the book.  Overall, though, an interesting book and the best of the series.