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Laddar... To Follow Her Heart: A Novel (The Southold Chronicles) (Volume 3)av Rebecca DeMarino
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. To Follow Her Heart is the third novel in The Southold Chronicles and I loved the culmination of the lives of these characters. Patience Terry has stood by all the families she came over to America with plus the natives they all befriended. She has quietly held a place in her heart for Captain Jeremy Horton and now has heard that his ship shipwrecked off the coast of Barbados with no survivors. Her captivating story of faith and patience adds to the beautiful saga that Rebecca DeMarino has weaved throughout the Chronicles. The rich, authentic history, the beloved characters, and the detailed life of these settlers who left Europe to establish their own religious freedom creates multiple reasons to read To Follow Her Heart. I kept turning the pages in search of Patience's destiny and was deeply satisfied with the final pages. I received a paperback copy of To Follow Her Heart from the author for my honest review. Tuesday, August 23, 2016 To Follow Her Heart by Rebecca DeMarino, © 2016 The Southold Chronicles Series, Book 3 Duty and love ~ only one has the power to make Patience Terry’s life complete in a world of high seas, tall ships, daring journeys, and yearning hearts. Southold, Long Island, 1664 Book 3 can be read as a stand-alone if you haven't met the characters in the previous two books; those you will want to read for the closeness experienced in their lives, so evident here. I especially liked how their daily lives emerged from their love and care of each other within their common good. Mary and Lizzie are strong sisters who are bonded with Patience Terry, a main character in this story. They are a good example of doing the next thing... leading with the welfare of all as their families work together supportive of others, whether it be the bakeshop filled with the warm aroma of baked tarts and apple butter, or the hat shop while sorting beads offered by their close friend, Heather Flower. The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam was heavily populated at the lower part known as Manhattan. With a surrender of the settlement to the English, we now know this island as part of New York on the East River. I really like the stories of the old and the new together ~ an expansion of history into today. I like how this author has formed this series around the real lives of her heritage. What fun to incorporate them into a story with heartache and triumph in the new land. It would be hard to leave what you know, yet bring it with you in how you do things. Developing a nation came from interaction in a community dependent upon each other in skills and, most importantly, attitude. Driven by aiding the country, for some, displaced their home life with their families. Trained to be at ready to serve, their loved ones were left behind until they returned home, if at all. Reading this story I first thought of the rebuilding of the walls where they each restored where they lived, over against their house; baker, merchant, refiner. Daily life and at the ready. Each generation into the next. As Mary's children helped, as a daily what they did, they were taught, able at a young age to come alongside. Patience nodded. "The faith of a mustard seed. That's what it is. You both make me so grateful for friends like you. Mary, you know you will have a full house come Wednesday. Every woman in the town shows up when the men are gone." "I know, but 'tis a good thing. I remember all those years it was you and Lizzie and Winnie. I wanted to give assistance to ladies who found it difficult to cope––we were all in this wild, raw land together..." --To Follow Her Heart, 71 The story is conversational, so you come to know their hearts and feelings. Some faced and dealt with responsibilities differently ~ avoidance, jumping in, yet a desire emerged encouraging each other forward the best they knew. The forming of a country continues each day. ***Thank you to Revell Reads for sending me a review copy for the August 2016 fiction review tour for Rebecca DeMarino's To Follow Her Heart. This review was written in my own words. No other compensation was received.*** This is book three in the Southold Chronicles and is just as enjoyable as the first two. In this book you are transported to the sea of the 17th century and feel like you are on the ship, participating in the battles, and a part of the loved ones waiting back at home for news of what has happened. Patience is waiting for news of Captain Jeremy Horton and when she learns that his ship has crashed, she is devastated. In the meantime, Jeremy is actually safe and has been rescued and is making his way back home. I really enjoyed reading this book and hated leaving the tales of Patience and Jeremy as I could see myself right along with them. I received a copy of this book to read and review from the publisher. This was a wonderful ending to a great series. I didn't want to put this down. This is Patience and Jeremy's story. I would not have had the patience that Patience had. I think I would have dumped Jeremy because of his attitude that he had for marriage. I laughed and cried in this historical romance. I received this book from the author for a fair and honest opinion. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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The details about everyday life were interesting on one level (and I’m a sucker for social history at the best of times), but again, after a while they did become something of a drag. This was probably due to the somewhat repetitive nature of the story. I found myself skimming a number of parts with fast Text to Speech. I was interested in some of the details about Native American customs and way of life, and some of the historical details. Readers should be mindful that as the author’s note says, this book does not have such a solid founding in the history of the family as the others.
I liked Jeremy Horton, but I don’t think I ever warmed to Patience very much. Her faith in Jeremy was touching, and their relationship seemed genuine. Although, her attitude and behaviour at the end of the story seemed very selfish and bratty. As for the language- well it was interesting. The sea captain Harry was meant to be born and raised in London, but had one of those odd, Ham accents that all lower class British characters seem to have in books like this saying ‘Ye’ and ‘Aye’, regardless of where they are from. It sounds vaguely like something out of Yorkshire, but not really like any accent anywhere in the British Isles.
I was also unsure about the ages of the characters. The Epilogue states Barnabas’ age at death, which would mean he was in his 60s when the story was set, and so Jeremy could not have been far off that, but it seemed to be made out that he way younger. I may have that wrong though.
Despite the niggles though, this was a worthwhile read and a good ending to the trilogy which wraps up everything for the characters, and a good reimagining of the early history of the region. I personally just don’t really care that much for stories set in the Colonial Era.
I signed up for the blog tour of this book, and so received a free e-book edition for the purposes of review. I was not required to write a positive one and all opinions expressed are my own.
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