Review: Down to Earth-Sweet story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2014
This is the first I've read from this author; I think I really like her. The story was sweet in an old-fashion way; I loved Charlie and the interaction between him and Rebecca on the way to the ranch; Charlie as plainspoken and matter-of-fact just like mid-westerners are today. The speech patterns were what you would hear from that time period; the characters were real; I could actually believe situations like this did happen. It took a special lady in difficult situation to leave the familiar East to travel to the wild West to marry a stranger.  She had to have a little of an adventurous spirit and a lot of courage.  The War affected families then just like now; soldiers suffered PTSD from the horror of what they had to do; also prejudice was rampant between "confederate sympathizers" and others.  I will definitely read the others in this series; good historical. Gives a perspective from the average person of that era. What will they say about us 150 yrs from now?  diamondgirl