Review: Best Historical Romance Ever
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2014
I have read many books, both fiction and non-fiction about slavery and the Civil War. I have also watched many documentaries about this subject because my love of history. I have never read a book that shows slavery from the view of someone who has experienced it in such a graphical and beautiful way. The first words of the first memory were so profound; I wondered if I was reading the same book I started.Even though this is a book of fiction, the history is correct and made me think of Ken Burn's documentary "The Abolitionists". We've all been told have slavery is wrong, but until I saw that show, it never dawned on me that no one thought it was wrong but a select few. The Abolitionist Movement grew and more people began to agree with it. This book shows the conflict within a young man who knew slavery was wrong but was told it was right because it afforded him luxuries that many didn't have and that falling in love with a slave was foolish because they were not equal.The love story is sweet and I can't wait for the next book. If the next book is anything like this one, La' Chris Jordan will become one of my favorite authors.