Review: Good, but!!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 9, 2012
Could so much really happen to one person / family.From heartless, cold and reglious zealot of a grandmother, forbidden love between relatives, a tormented, desperate and niave girl, and the savage treatment of slaves (I can understand the need to liberate as all humans are equal).Plots unravel, love is intense, scenarios to question.I read the trilogy but as the novel got to part 3 it became - could all that really happen!  Are women that gullable.  Men that weak and scheming!  All were searching for the elusive dream of true love, - perfect mate only to have so many hurdles / consquences thrown at them. Grieve the tragic loss of life with unrequited love.  In the end you feel sorry for the whole family line.Highlights never keep a journal - in the hands of the wrong person it could be disasterous!  It reminded me so much about "Children in the Attic" series.I loved the blend of history, the description of the grand plantations / mansions of the south, the isolation of the Lighthouses and the sways of the weather, feeling the breeze and the wild storms.  I lost myself in the descriptions....