Review: A beautiful story about a beautiful love
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2014
First off, let me warn: if you're looking for sex, look elsewhere. There is nothing more than petting, kissing, and frotting here, but I found that perfectly okay in the overall scheme of the story itself. It was not a disappointment.Because I didn't pay close attention to the previous reviews, I didn't notice that more than one person said they'd cried over this book. I cried at one point, then stopped, only to find myself crying again later. I don't know how many times I fought back tears. And I was most happy to find out that even though it looked like there might not be one, there is an HEA. The chapters are told in rotating points of view between Pastor Charles Logan, his sweet beautiful son, Emory Joe, and Glory Lands, the musician who came to town and swept Emory Joe off his feet. Nothing is left out, as you can practically see and feel everyone's emotions, even of the townspeople whose accounts aren't given, because it's just that well written. Interestingly enough, I always try to picture the characters faces - sometimes even using faces of actors - but for most of the story all I could picture in place of a face for Elihu Bishop was darkness. After all, the man was evil incarnate. The only thing I would have changed was not getting the full story of what happened to Bishop in the end. I wanted details of a horrible and swift justice for him. I would not have changed the way the citizens cowered when it came to Bishop, because even though it was a little angering, that's just the way it most often went back in those times.I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish, and I finished it in one afternoon. Going to be looking for more by this author.