Love Civil War of any type but can't stomach a ...
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Very biased from the first in the series. I kept giving it time to make it right but it never did. Love Civil War of any type but can't stomach a biased series. You get to guess how it is biased,, lest I get called something for writing the truth.
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I just want to shake Kat! Please, please, please, choose your man already!

This love triangle business is driving me bonkers, but I can't stop reading. It is ridiculous that Kat gets her arse handed to her every other page but hardly ever ends up in the hospital. It is even more ridiculous that she can't decide which brother she wants to make kissy kissy with. The characters drive me crazy, the plot drives me crazy. I want to throw my Kindle against the wall but I CANNOT STOP READING THIS SERIES!!!

I think what Kat needs is a Blane/Kade sandwich to finally get these hot guys out of her system.

Onto the next. I am a lost cause and Snow has hooked me. I'm done for, doomed to neglect my chores in favor of these books as long as she keeps writing them *sigh*
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I just have to start of by saying, I love reading about the Civil War. There is so much history there. It is one of my favorite times to study about. I devoured my history books in college when we studied it in class. I love the movies Gods and Generals (based on the book by Jeff Shaara) and Gettysburg (based on the book The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara). I'm always looking for more information during that time. I will say, where I live at, I tend to study more of the Southern side of the war. So, it was interesting to read about these characters in Wedded to War, based on actual accounts from the women of the north.

Wedded to War follows Charlotte Waverly. Charlotte is twenty-eight years old, a spinster by society standards. She lost her father when she was sixteen to a brutal illness that was sweeping through the city. She was the only one in her family that stayed to tend him and she was the only one of her family to be there when he died. Even though she has avoided blood and illness since then, Charlotte feels led to serve as a nurse to the Union army. However she is faced with road blocks at almost every point along the way. Charlotte's mother is adamant  that she shouldn't go, Charlotte's place is in the home, looking for a husband. The director of the nursing program finds Charlotte too pretty, too young, and too unmarried to be considered a nurse under her guidelines. The male surgeons find Charlotte just in the way. Women shouldn't be in this field of work. They are far to emotional.

However, throughout the story, Charlotte perseveres. She is determined to do the job she trained for. She feels the need to help and help she will. Charlotte has to be one of the strongest female leads I have read about. It's amazing how her story is based on actual accounts from Georgeanna Woolsy. It was such a hard time for everyone in one way or another.

The story brought to it a grittiness that surrounds battles. Not the battle themselves, but the afterwards. Surgeons had to figure out who was worth saving and who wasn't. There is death, blood, and bodily fluids. Jocelyn Green was able to bring this time in history alive again with her words. The historical detail to the war and the response to it was wonderful and I was able to learn something new about a time I enjoy to study.

Thank you to Moody/River North Publishers, I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
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I had read WEDDED TO WAR and liked it, so I knew I wanted to download WIDOW OF GETTYSBURG. I have a special interest in Civil War era history and had been to Gettysburg. The first of the book seemed a bit slow to me. I loved Liberty and Silas, but there were too many viewpoints from other people, especially Harrison and Bella, although hers was better than his. There were also too much history and description of the places. Although I enjoy learning history, I don't want the stories I read bogged down with it. I want them to read differently than a textbook. I was beginning to think I wouldn't be able to give this book more than a three, when it took off. From about 25-30% on it became riveting, and I ended up loving it.

Liberty has had a rough childhood. She was raised by a woman she thinks is her aunt, and the woman seems to look down at her and degrade her. The young woman has never had anyone she thought loved her. She had just married, when her husband joined the Union Army and was killed. She has kept their farm running and now plans to turn it into an inn, but the war comes to her front door. The aftermath of Gettysburg finds hundreds of injured Confederate soldiers lining her house, barn, and yard, and only two doctors to help them. She rolls up her sleeves and does what she can, because God says to love your enemies. When the mysterious man, who saved her from hoodlums once, appears wounded at her farm, needing a leg amputated, she can't help but be drawn to him.

Silas's story is much more complicated. His father was a slave owner who enjoyed fathering many mulatto children to expand his slave population. When Silas sees him abusing a woman and interferes, his father challenges him to a duel, and Silas kills him. Now he is so burdened with guilt he won't carry a gun and wonders if he is too much like his father after all. When he begins to fall even more in love with Liberty, he forces himself to try to forget her. He knows he's not good enough for someone like her.

In with the main storyline are several subplots that keeps the tension up and the story moving. Little by little, the reader learns surprising details about the characters and their stories come alive. Even the historian will have a better sense of what it was actually like when they finish this excellent story.
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I'm just getting to reading comics and most of my friends told me to start with the civil war the minute I started to reading  I could not stop now I'm in full blown comic mode
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I love this book. I actually am writing this half way through the book and will update later if necessary.  But this particular book moved me  I love how this series gives us as readers the feeling of being able to fight back against the horrors of our time.  But as a reader I love how he includes everyone of all types without the ugly.  And damn...it's tough and on the right side of history...even if this history isn't the current one we are experiencing.
1079163
I love reading about places I've been or been close too! This series is awesome one of those you can't wait to read but hate to finish!!
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Well written but so dystopian I can't bear it, especially in light of what has happened in Charlottesville, Virginia this past weekend.  The barbarians have breached the gates, I think.
1050606
I'm really enjoying this series. The writer does a great job with descriptions and drawing the reader into the story. I love the history of the civil war and what the people had to do to survive. I also enjoy how faith is weaved throughout their lives. I can't wait to read the next one...
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This book was a little hard to get into because of the war aspect and keeping up with places without a map handy, but it quickly changed into a page turner and is enjoyed it. I love reading both sides of the story and the civil war period I always fascinating.
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Friday, May 12, 2017
Too Deep for Words: A Civil War Novel by Andrea Boeshaar,  2017
Shenandoah Valley Saga, Book Two

My Review:

So many thoughts. To be separated from family ~ far from home with the war between them, not only with distance but with sides drawn. And the remains of my family? My sister, Carrie Ann, married to a Union officer. We have seen the remnants of war continue with the loss of our mother and younger sister.

Rescued, I am rescued! A man enters the Inn and asks for Miss Margaret Bell. That is me!! At first, I am chagrined wondering if it is in recouping funds he has lost, but no! It is Carrie's husband and he has made a way of escape for me! Release from the man who was behind the loss of all those held dear to me. Well, maybe Carrie Ann and I did have a few struggles with each other, bossy as she can be to me.

Home. Will she accept me? Being married and all, Carrie may have continued on in her life, wanting no interference from me. But, Peyton said to come, she would be amiss to be left behind.

Known long before the war between the states, growing up together as children, choosing opposite sides caused the dilemma for whom to trust. Could they be taken at their word, or by their actions? Reading the series in order will give you a fuller aspect in the continuation of history and its events.

Peyton Collier and Elijah "Eli" Kent are in such a situation as best friends, having gone to academy school together. As their families become intertwined, how much can be shared?

Missing during battle and reported dead, Eli must put into place the instructions Peyton had assigned him. Protecting Carrie Ann and her sister Margaret, and Peyt's Aunt Ruth was foremost.

The trials of war on both sides were severe. With the temperature and lack of supplies, exhaustion was also a foe. Homes when available were used for immediate hospitals of the wounded ~ both for their men and prisoners.

During the war there was a lack of hospital space. Douglas Hospital in Washington DC set up tents for the overflow of the wounded.  --author Andrea Boeshaar

The story ends needing the next page beginning book 3, There is a Season. Letters and descriptions of daily happenings and activities are vivid. Characters adjust within the circumstances circulating socially, politically, and everyday business necessary to carry them forward.

I would like to know more about Rebekah Kercheval, a character in the background, and hope she will be expanded in the next story.

***Thank you to Kregel Publications for sending me a print copy and inviting me to be part of the blog tour for Too Deep for Words: A Civil War Novel by Andrea Boeshaar. This review was written in my own words. No other compensation was received.***
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I can truthfully say this was one of the most books I have ever read. There were a few times that I found myself tearing up and that has never happened to me while reading a book before. I rationed it out so as not to  finish it too soon. I feel as if I know more about the true sequences of  the Civil War. Thanks for writing it.
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This series has impressed me from book one!  So much drama I can't stand it!  On to the next because I just can't help myself.
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I could not get enough!  Great storytellling...can get lost in these books!  Would love more books in the Civil War Brides Series!
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Although I am born and raised in Africa, I have never really understood what an all out civil war feels or looks like. Through Ishmael experience I get a glimpse into the ravages of war and it's effect on people and especially children. It's a heart wrenching read which I had to power through, every turn hoping sanity would prevail. The politicians/elites and their families don't fight in these wars, the ordinary citizens feel the brunt of these conflicts. A must read.
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When I picked up this book I had high expectations. After all they were taking the father from Little Women and giving him his own story. I found this fascinating and exciting and the book has received some high praise and awards. Unfortunately, I didn't realize it was going to be written in first person. The style of this book is very different from Little Women. While the descriptions of the Civil War are good and the book is historically accurate I just couldn't get into the story. I found it hard to connect with March.
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I loved Korah and Dane so much and fate is a Damon good thing.  There were several times that I wanted to jump in and throttle Christopher & Jack.  But you can't love everybody in ever book.  It is very sad and so true about domestic violence.  I think more people w would come forward if our judicial system was fair.  I think the US is way t o lenient.  Enough of that, block off some time so you can read this straight through.  Than you Felicia for writing an amazing story about this so fearful couple.  I hope you aren't done yet.  I want to know more plus I need to know more about Cale & Lee's love story.

Now I remembered why hate typing out reviews on my Kindle.  It takes too long and it changes my words and editing sucks!