Review: Sweet Quick Read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2014
This is a very simplistic wholesome romance.  But you have to overlook a lot of flaws.However, I would not call it historical.  While it claims to be set in 1868/1869, there is little to realistically place it in that time period.They make several references to trash cans and I may be wrong but it was my understanding that at that time, especially in a new state like NE, there really weren't trash cans.  Garbage was just thrown out windows and into streets.The farmer must be well to do because he is living in a wood house.  However, he is pushing his son to live in a sod house in November.  It was my understanding that sod has to be cut in September when the roots are deepest and strongest in order to build a good sod house.  But a sod house always has lice, fleas, spiders, and other vermin all year round.  Not exactly the place that would appeal to a young lady living in a wood house from town.  If the farmer was well off enough to have a wood house, it seems more likely he would be talking about adding a room for a married son.Also, at one point the boys are playing cards in the "entertainment room" something you would be hard pressed to find in a farm house of 1868 unless they were very wealthy.  But even more astonishing was they were playing Gin, which wasn't invented for another 40 years.The characters were all right.  Pleasant enough.  But they were not very complex.It was a sweet quick read