Amanda H. (loveofjoe11) - , reviewed on 12/30/2009 + 27 more book reviews

Overall, Hake produced an enjoyable read.

Marge, the main character, moves from Baltimore to Nebraska. I just find this so ironic since I did the same thing, but I'm not the story, Marge is.

Publishers classify the book as historical fiction, romance, and Christian.

Historical fiction wise, it's not my level of historical fiction. I absolutely love when authors teach me about eras and civilizations in history. I feel Hake mostly used the the Midwest as a setting and did not delve into the politics of the time, etc.

Romance wise, honesty it was fairly predictable.

Christian wise, it's probably the one change I'd make to the book. Each of the characters' prayers are written in italics. I am a Christian and support praying, but sometimes the prayers were better left unwritten. I found myself becoming annoyed when a character prayed, "I know this is Your will God, or please lead me to the right man," etc. I felt I knew the character well enough to know what he or she would be praying and often skimmed over the italic prayers.

It's unlikely I'll pick up another book by Hake, but it's not because I didn't enjoy her book, it's just not my genre. Believe it or not, I like lots of history in my historical fiction, and this just wasn't it.

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