The Prisoner by Cheryl Reavis
(1992, Civil War) 7/1/12
Grade: 2.5
When Union soldier John Howe escapes from his NC prison in the middle of the Civil War, Confederate Amanda Douglas is forced to go along with him as he escapes back to Washington. But once they arrive in the North, everything changes, and Amanda finds herself out of place, and yearning to be back home - despite the unhappy life she led there.
I was intrigued to read a book set during the Civil War, and was hoping this one would be great. Unfortunately, it was not. The first part of the book was a road romance, and even though it felt disjointed and rushed, it seemed to fit the story. But it never improved. Individual scenes were sometimes quite good, but the storyline just felt thrown together, with decisions made for no apparent reason and plot points thrown in and out at random. This was one of those books where all the problems could have been solved if the hero and heroine just talked to each other, and it left me feeling very frustrated.
I started to wonder if it was my fault that I haven't enjoyed the last few books I read, but there were definitely a lot of flaws in this book. So many things left unexplained...
1 comment:
I think I may have read this book, too, years ago. The cover looks familiar, and the story sounds familiar.
Like you, I'm also curious as to why American historical romances that are not set in the West have disappeared. When I was a teen, and my aunts read romance, it seemed that almost every romance they had was set in the Civil War era -- now, they are are rare as hen's teeth!
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