Review: Good Historical Novel with Southern Flare
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2012
As a born and bred Yankee, I was a little nervous once I got into this story and found out how much of it revolved around slavery and the abolition movement. It's the first novel I've read where abolition is introduced so early in the 1800s--1817, to be exact. I usually avoid such stories because, well, I'm not a Civil War or history of slavery fan. But the more I got into this story, the more I liked it. It was a refreshing look at what life the coastal South looked like 200 years ago, and I'm always a sucker for stories where two old flames reunite.Constance and Robert may have once loved each other, but five years after being torn apart, that love seems to be the last thing either can afford to think of. There's a lot keeping them apart, both in their thoughts and attitudes towards the other, and in the world around them. It was refreshing to see both Constance and Robert overcome everything, and it's a story I'm sure others will enjoy.