For some reason I can't find the backcover teaser for this anywhere, so I'll tell you a bit what it's about.taking place just before and at the beginning of the Civil War we follow a few different families (good thing there is a character chart at the biginning in case you get confused with who belongs to which family) and their lives as this occurs. From the wealthy plantation owner and their slaves and rogue son who moved out west after joining the Mormon church and a botched attempted to free the slaves he considers family, to the Boston abolitionist family who's daughter dresses as a boy to get the scoop around town for her newspaper column. The war is approaching and Everyones lives are going to change forever.
How was that for a synopsis? good? Well I found the book wonderful. It's a series and completely leaves you hanging at the end. The books clearly do not stand alone like fantasy series usually do, so I guess I just need to get ahold of the other books to read.
The book was clean and entertaining and very educational as I realize I know very little about the Civil War. I loved the real quotes at the beginning of each chapter. Gives a real sense of the feelings and tensions during this time. Check it out!
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