***1/2
PG
{UM} {GS} {TMP}
Possibly Recommend
I really liked this story but there were a few things that bothered me.
The subject of men cheating on their wives and how common it was is a topic of discussion once. Also, the use of the "b" word to describe an illegitimate child is used one time. I still don't know how to feel about that...{Uncomfortable Moments}
There are one or two kissing scenes and I think they were a little much for me. {Too Much Passion}
Two shipwrecks are described in some detail and could be disturbing for some. {Graphic Scenes}
This book is one that goes back and forth between time periods and they end up intersecting. I really liked the plot aside from one other thing that was uncomfortable for me...one of the main characters ends up marrying someone who she really doesn't love because she thinks the man she DOES loves is lost to her. Later, she regrets it and contemplates leaving her husband. In the end she makes the right choice and comes to find she DOES love her husband but it was a bit shaky there for a while.
I'm about to start the sequel and am looking forward to finishing the story. If I really like the second one I think I would feel comfortable recommending them even with the things I didn't like in the first.
When I hear a book jumps back and forth between time periods, I struggle. Not my favorite scenario. So as you read the next one you will have to let me know if it makes a good "stand alone" book, or if I would have to read the first one to make sense of it.
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