Review: Who was this written for?
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 3, 2013
This is a sweet romantic novella, but I really have to wonder if it was written for the young adult market...or perhaps tweens. It's sort of "Little House on the Prairie" with some modern issues tucked in (but not examined in depth.)Katie, the  protagonist is described as "young" by everyone, including her "beau," but her age is never given.  Is she 13? 15? 17?  And she never seems to do anything.  Life was hard on the Prairie.  Certainly she would have had chores, yet she always seems able to make time to go and goof off in town or read and sleep. She seems past school age (since her father tells Katie to volunteer to take over for the teacher when she leaves.)Stover Steele (heavens what a name!) describes himself as "old" but is he "20? 30" 50?Since Katie and Stover do little more than kiss, and even when she's threatened, Stover comes through and rescues her, there's really no need to keep this away from the age group that would read "Anne of Green Gables."  And, yet, the writing seems to indicate that the book is intended for an adult audience, who may be a little impatient with the lack of deeper emotion (or, really, any emotional depth) or the lack of details (such as the characters' ages and pasts.)