Review: A Good Story about the Civil War and Finding Peace
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2014
Melinda is a realistic character, and so was Colby. The story is about the struggle of a young girl left alone when her only living relative in her home state, her father, goes off to fight in the Civil War. She faces problems with the Yankees and the constant worry of what has happened to her father when she no longer hears from him. There were some mistakes in the book, minor ones, but I think the author should go back through and correct them and republish it since the story itself is good. I enjoyed the read, and it kept me wanting to finish it to see what happened, but the heroine and hero should have met sooner by romance book standards. I also thought it would end differently than it did, but I won't say more for fear of spoilers for others. I think if the author reworked this story, she'd have a four- or five-star novel. It could be improved upon, and it's worth taking the time to do it. The mistakes did not interfere with understanding the story, but I did notice one about how Melinda no longer had a horse because the Yankees took it. How did she pull her wagon and leave to go find her aunt without a horse. It said she had a horse pulling it after saying that she had no horse, but no mention was made of how she came to have one to pull her wagon. Except for a few typos and left-out words, this is the only noticeable problem with the story. If I were to rework it, I would find a way to get the characters together sooner, though that didn't bother me as much as the wagon and the horse. I enjoyed the story. The characters were well developed. This is the first time I read this author. I am going to check out her other book. This one is not glaring with mistakes, and the story was good, so I'll read her again. Being an author myself, I realize we improve with each book we write usually. I'm glad I read this one. Good story, good characters, good plot. I love Civil War stories, and I'm an avid reader of them and working on my second one.Author B. J. Robinson, River Oaks Plantation