Sherri H. (mamadoodle) -
Helpful Score: 3
5 Stars! I simply loved this book. It didn't overwhelm me with too much drama, or too much religion or too much contrived conversation. It was just a very well written storyline...believable and fulfilling with a terrific ending. I can't wait to read more by this author.
Margaret C. (cherryblossommj) reviewed From a Distance (Timber Ridge Reflections, Bk 1) on + 157 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is more than a novel, a journey into two peoples lives that brings you to the edge of their experiences and beliefs and makes you focus on your own as well. I had a hard time through the first part of the novel, because I was unsure if I really liked the personality of the main character Elizabeth Westbrook. Yet as the story continued, and I was able to really look more on who she was and who she might be becoming I found that I really did like her.
The humor through out the entire book is true to life. Included with the hardships of live during and after war, as well as life in the West is a love and growth between individuals. It is something that you can read about, and then feel it within your heart and not just turn a blind eye.
Each character within this story has their flaws and they are these bits and pieces that make them so much more realistic and provide a reader the ability to relate. Every page brings something unexpected, and be fully prepared to shed some tears on the last page.
Tammy has done it again with this novel, so far every single one is a complete hit to my mind and I cannot finish typing this review fast enough to pick up the second book in this Timber Ridge Reflections Series, Beyond This Moment.
The humor through out the entire book is true to life. Included with the hardships of live during and after war, as well as life in the West is a love and growth between individuals. It is something that you can read about, and then feel it within your heart and not just turn a blind eye.
Each character within this story has their flaws and they are these bits and pieces that make them so much more realistic and provide a reader the ability to relate. Every page brings something unexpected, and be fully prepared to shed some tears on the last page.
Tammy has done it again with this novel, so far every single one is a complete hit to my mind and I cannot finish typing this review fast enough to pick up the second book in this Timber Ridge Reflections Series, Beyond This Moment.
Katarzyna M. (lollipop33) reviewed From a Distance (Timber Ridge Reflections, Bk 1) on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
From a Distance a book by Tamera Alexander is adventurous romance novel placed in the Rocky Mountains in the time of the Western Expansion.Elizabeth Westbrook, a sick young photographer, decided to move West so she can take breath-taking pictures to get a position in the Washington Chronicles.
She climbs rocks and trees the first day that she is there and takes a lot of pictures. When she sees just the perfect picture of an elk a man comes out and shoots it dead. This man turns out to be Daniel Ranslett, a skilled hunter, who had been following this elk for three days to spare it from more pain. Elizabeth drops the plate with the picture, shattering it. They then make a deal that Daniel will guide Elizabeth on a one day hiking trip that will include taking pictures.
In the meanwhile Elizabeth meets the Tuckers, a family with a lot of kids that Daniel is friends with. She has some nice surprises like that of eating squirrels for dinner. She decided that she wants to go on a long journey in the Rockies. Daniel agrees to be her guide.
She embarks on a perilous with Josiah, her slave servant, and Daniel as her tour guide. It is March but still very snowy in the mountains. After that two catastrophes happen. When they set up camp a couple weeks later each of them describe how they survived an eventful battle in the Civil War a couple years before.
I rate this book three out of four stars. The book content was very skillfully described and presented. The author presents us a clear picture of the problems and secrets in each of the characters life. The only thing that I didnt like, which was very personal opinion, is that this book didnt really hold a lot of the essence of romance in it. It had a lot of adventure but not that much romance. Overall I would recommend this book to anyone.
She climbs rocks and trees the first day that she is there and takes a lot of pictures. When she sees just the perfect picture of an elk a man comes out and shoots it dead. This man turns out to be Daniel Ranslett, a skilled hunter, who had been following this elk for three days to spare it from more pain. Elizabeth drops the plate with the picture, shattering it. They then make a deal that Daniel will guide Elizabeth on a one day hiking trip that will include taking pictures.
In the meanwhile Elizabeth meets the Tuckers, a family with a lot of kids that Daniel is friends with. She has some nice surprises like that of eating squirrels for dinner. She decided that she wants to go on a long journey in the Rockies. Daniel agrees to be her guide.
She embarks on a perilous with Josiah, her slave servant, and Daniel as her tour guide. It is March but still very snowy in the mountains. After that two catastrophes happen. When they set up camp a couple weeks later each of them describe how they survived an eventful battle in the Civil War a couple years before.
I rate this book three out of four stars. The book content was very skillfully described and presented. The author presents us a clear picture of the problems and secrets in each of the characters life. The only thing that I didnt like, which was very personal opinion, is that this book didnt really hold a lot of the essence of romance in it. It had a lot of adventure but not that much romance. Overall I would recommend this book to anyone.
