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Fire Along the Sky
Sara Donati's bestselling saga of an American family's struggle for survival in the northeast wilderness continues. The year is 1812, and Nathaniel's daughter, Hannah, has returned to Elizabeth and Nathaniel Bonner. But mourning the loss of both husband and child, she is a shadow of a girl they once knew. Nonetheless, she resumes her medical duties in the village of Paradise, just as her cousin Jennet is reunited with Luke Bonner. But the war with the British is escalating, and Luke leaves to fight, as does eighteen-year-old Lily Bonner's twin brother Daniel. Lily makes a decision that sends her to Montreal and into the arms of a most unusual man - who could love her properly, if only she would let him. With so many loved ones away and in danger, Nathaniel and Elizabeth must draw strength from each other and those remaining at Lake in the Clouds.
688 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2004
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Sara Donati is the pen name of Rosina Lippi, also here on Goodreads because she writes too. All book reviews you'll find under Rosina's name.
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December 11, 2023
WAIT
updating my earlier review because I was led to believe that a certain someone who dies in this didn’t actually die but now I know that’s wrong AND IM SO UPSET. This is not okay. I waited four books for these two to finally come together and now this person is dead 😭 don’t talk to me. I’m lowering my rating because I can’t cope. I need to go and grieve now.
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I enjoyed this sooo much more than the last two books. I was annoyed with there being another huge time jump and feeling like I missed out on the things that happened during those years but I became lost in the story easily enough and didn’t mind so much anymore. There was some adventuring that happened but overall this was much more focused on the happenings in Paradise and Montreal and I really liked that. I was definitely pms’ing but I swear I could not stop crying during this book 😭😭
updating my earlier review because I was led to believe that a certain someone who dies in this didn’t actually die but now I know that’s wrong AND IM SO UPSET. This is not okay. I waited four books for these two to finally come together and now this person is dead 😭 don’t talk to me. I’m lowering my rating because I can’t cope. I need to go and grieve now.
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I enjoyed this sooo much more than the last two books. I was annoyed with there being another huge time jump and feeling like I missed out on the things that happened during those years but I became lost in the story easily enough and didn’t mind so much anymore. There was some adventuring that happened but overall this was much more focused on the happenings in Paradise and Montreal and I really liked that. I was definitely pms’ing but I swear I could not stop crying during this book 😭😭
April 23, 2011
An absoloute, without a doubt 5 + star read for me~ Until it wasn't....
WHY, Sara?~ Why would you do this to your fans? I dont see the sense in it at all, other than to shatter our hearts and kill all hopes we had... all the books~ All the time invested and the WAITING for that certain IMPORTANT SOMETHING to finally happen~ For what? For that? My heart was constantly in my throat as I caught on to the early hints, for that long awaited moment~ Page after page, at warp speed~ Gitty with excitement for that EEEEEKKKKK~ FINALLY moment~ Only to have it come shattering down... I am truly devastated~ So much so, that I am struggling even grasping my normal wit, when it comes to my reviews.
I am pissed~ To be blunt~ Never has a book effected me so~ Which in itself is definate proof of fantastic writing, as I am not here to dispute Miss Donati's art and extreme talent, as she has that in droves~ No doubt~ But I would be lying if I were to tell you I was happy~I am dissapointed, and hurt and very, very sad. I will read the next book~ As I must~ But feel I need to forgive first.
Postcript;
Completely LOVE Simon~
Sincerely, Shell Schroth
Also Known as, Mom by her 3 boys, and 'YO, Wife' by her loving husband
From the Okanagan Valley, Canada
Typed by her own poor hand
WHY, Sara?~ Why would you do this to your fans? I dont see the sense in it at all, other than to shatter our hearts and kill all hopes we had... all the books~ All the time invested and the WAITING for that certain IMPORTANT SOMETHING to finally happen~ For what? For that? My heart was constantly in my throat as I caught on to the early hints, for that long awaited moment~ Page after page, at warp speed~ Gitty with excitement for that EEEEEKKKKK~ FINALLY moment~ Only to have it come shattering down... I am truly devastated~ So much so, that I am struggling even grasping my normal wit, when it comes to my reviews.
I am pissed~ To be blunt~ Never has a book effected me so~ Which in itself is definate proof of fantastic writing, as I am not here to dispute Miss Donati's art and extreme talent, as she has that in droves~ No doubt~ But I would be lying if I were to tell you I was happy~I am dissapointed, and hurt and very, very sad. I will read the next book~ As I must~ But feel I need to forgive first.
Postcript;
Completely LOVE Simon~
Sincerely, Shell Schroth
Also Known as, Mom by her 3 boys, and 'YO, Wife' by her loving husband
From the Okanagan Valley, Canada
Typed by her own poor hand
October 26, 2012
After a bit of a hiccup with the third book, this series is back on track with the fourth. Set ten years after the last book, we find the Bonner children grown, Hannah returned from the west having lost her husband and son, and the family being caught up in the War of 1812. We see small snippets of the war as it played out along the border between New York and Quebec, but never the big picture, and while for me that is a little frustrating, I also appreciate that it is exactly the way war is experienced by those involved, only seeing a small part of a very big picture. As a Canadian, I found reading about the War of 1812 from an American perspective a little strange and very interesting. It's certainly not what we were taught at school, not that the War of 1812 gets much attention at school.
Of course, with this series there is always romance, this time involving Elizabeth and Nathaniel's daughter Lily, and unlike the last book it is a real romance, not the rushed afterthought at the end of the book that saw Hannah marrying and leaving for the west. I have to say Lily is not my favorite character, but she did grow on me.
My one complaint about this one is that I think there should have been another book between this one and the previous one. Ten years has passed, during which Hannah was living with an Indian husband in the west, during a period of much conflict between the Indians and settlers. While Hannah does not talk much about the traumatic events that led her to return to her family, we do learn that her husband fought with Tecumseh. This was a fascinating period in American history, and would have made a great book. I can only hope that Sara Donati will decide to address these missing years in a future book.
Of course, with this series there is always romance, this time involving Elizabeth and Nathaniel's daughter Lily, and unlike the last book it is a real romance, not the rushed afterthought at the end of the book that saw Hannah marrying and leaving for the west. I have to say Lily is not my favorite character, but she did grow on me.
My one complaint about this one is that I think there should have been another book between this one and the previous one. Ten years has passed, during which Hannah was living with an Indian husband in the west, during a period of much conflict between the Indians and settlers. While Hannah does not talk much about the traumatic events that led her to return to her family, we do learn that her husband fought with Tecumseh. This was a fascinating period in American history, and would have made a great book. I can only hope that Sara Donati will decide to address these missing years in a future book.
August 6, 2016
I am completely enjoying this series. The thing I liked the most is that these books pull me in and they become a bit of an escape for me (which I'm needing this summer). I wish I had more to read to get me through the next week or two. I love this kind of historical fiction. It covers multi generations. It also has great characters and a great historical background.
The characters from previous books were evolving in this book (the 4th in the series) and there were some new characters introduced that were kind of quirky. Hannah is the only one, we don't really learn anything new about as she flounders from some unknown trauma....I hope the next book addresses that. The romance didn't even bother me. There were plenty of other things going on which was appreciated. There was also more adventure in this one than the last one I read. That is always a plus for me.
The books in this series are kind of long, but they don't feel long. I noticed more of the writing of the author in this one then in subsequent reads. I love her way with words. I thought on more than one occasion, "Beautiful."
The characters from previous books were evolving in this book (the 4th in the series) and there were some new characters introduced that were kind of quirky. Hannah is the only one, we don't really learn anything new about as she flounders from some unknown trauma....I hope the next book addresses that. The romance didn't even bother me. There were plenty of other things going on which was appreciated. There was also more adventure in this one than the last one I read. That is always a plus for me.
The books in this series are kind of long, but they don't feel long. I noticed more of the writing of the author in this one then in subsequent reads. I love her way with words. I thought on more than one occasion, "Beautiful."
January 13, 2019
FIRE ALONG THE SKY by Sara Donati is Book 4 in one of my favorite American Frontier historical series. I like this series so much that even though I have a print copy of this book, when the digital version went on sale I had no qualms about downloading it too. Book 4 did not disappoint, even if it has been awhile since I read the previous books. Luckily, Sara Donati is kind to her readers and includes a complete character list, so it’s easy to jog our memories.
Why this cover for the Cover Girl challenge? I must admit to being a cover loving fool. I buy books just because I love their cover. It all stems from my commercial art training in high school in an accelerated vocational program prior to the digital art of today. Color is especially appealing to me, and who can resist a sunset? But, this wasn’t the only beautiful cover begging to be read in my TBR Mountain Range. Two things made me choose this book. That gorgeous font in the title, as well as loving all the previous books in the Wilderness series.
Just to prove how much I love buying books by their covers, these are the books I had set aside for this challenge when FIRE ALONG THE SKY won my favor. (see the covers here on my site) Can anyone see a trend here?
Yes, I’m a bit obsessed with Westerns or Frontier Historicals as well as modern day Westerns.
As an avid fan of this series, I can’t imagine reading the books without a character list of some sort. There is an enormous amount of characters, some with similar names, and it doesn’t take much to get me confused. The books are so big that I rarely reread them prior to starting the next one in my pile. That said, I have read the first book, INTO THE WILDERNESS, several times.
Elizabeth and Nathaniel Bonner are my favorite couple, so I’m especially pleased that their story continues in each book. FIRE ALONG THE SKY is no different. Although, I was especially intrigued by Hannah, Woman Walks Ahead, and her sister Lily. Those of you who have been reading my reviews for a while will remember that I reviewed LAKE IN THE CLOUDS in 2012. It has taken me six years to get back to this series. For shame, because the entire time I was reading FIRE ALONG THE SKY, I wondered what had taken me so long to get back to them. Maybe I can finish this series by next year? I surely want to! And to be honest, I would love to find the time to begin with the first book and read the entire series back-to-back all over again.
There’s so much to love in this book. Revisiting with favorite characters and tracking their progress in life is especially rewarding, heartrending, laugh-out loud funny, and downright scary. I never know where Sara Donati will lead us, and she doesn’t shy away from tragedy any more than a lifetime romance. She tortures her characters and her readers right along with them, and I can’t get enough of it, including the heartache.
The writing is beautiful with lush descriptions in the right places that give these books an otherworldly feel. Don’t worry — the lush writing doesn’t overwhelm because the dialog and thoughts move along at a good clip as well. FIRE ALONG THE SKY concentrates on Lily quite a bit, which I loved because she’s an artist. It makes me wonder if Sara Donati is an illustrator as well as a polished wordsmith. Her descriptions of Lily’s talent is spot-on, as if it’s written from an experienced artist’s point-of-view. As you can see – this book contains many of my favorite themes: Scottish men in early America, artists, frontier living, mystery/thriller sections, backwoods details, the harsh reality of Native American’s history, as well as several love stories.
Sara Donati writes an absorbing tale with characters who bound from the pages like old friends. I laughed out loud at the letters from the family at Lake in the Clouds, written to Lily who was visiting her brother Luke in Canada. Then, I gasped in horror at what happened next. This book has a good murder mystery to add to its attributes, which brings all the characters back together as it’s resolved.
I bit off more than I can chew by selecting this 655 page book for our challenge just a week before it was due, but I couldn’t resist it. I’ve written this review based on reading 44% of it because I wanted to share all the books I discovered in my TBR while deciding on this one. Now I have a reading list planned for winter, including the rest of this series. I’ll come back to this review and write my final thoughts at the end of the book, but so far, I’m loving it.
If you haven’t tried this series yet, I highly suggest you begin with INTO THE WILDERNESS and see if you love it as much as I do. I’d love to hear your thoughts if you do.
Final thoughts on November 24, 2018 when I finished the book – Once again I’m frustrated that the story has unanswered questions that make me frenzied, but I’m equally excited to read the next book. I was a little disappointed that one evil preacher and his nephew’s stories were not enough closure for me. But that’s one molecule of disappointment in comparison to the exaggeration of enjoyment these books bring me.
This series is a great American classic and shouldn’t be missed by historical fiction lovers. Next to Diana Gabaldon, Donati exceeds for me because she writes about the American frontier. Otherwise, I feel they’re equal in so many ways. Sara Donati delivers epic storytelling at its finest.
Review by Dorine, courtesy of The Zest Quest. Print and digital copies of this book, as well as the rest of the series have been purchased.
Why this cover for the Cover Girl challenge? I must admit to being a cover loving fool. I buy books just because I love their cover. It all stems from my commercial art training in high school in an accelerated vocational program prior to the digital art of today. Color is especially appealing to me, and who can resist a sunset? But, this wasn’t the only beautiful cover begging to be read in my TBR Mountain Range. Two things made me choose this book. That gorgeous font in the title, as well as loving all the previous books in the Wilderness series.
Just to prove how much I love buying books by their covers, these are the books I had set aside for this challenge when FIRE ALONG THE SKY won my favor. (see the covers here on my site) Can anyone see a trend here?
Yes, I’m a bit obsessed with Westerns or Frontier Historicals as well as modern day Westerns.
As an avid fan of this series, I can’t imagine reading the books without a character list of some sort. There is an enormous amount of characters, some with similar names, and it doesn’t take much to get me confused. The books are so big that I rarely reread them prior to starting the next one in my pile. That said, I have read the first book, INTO THE WILDERNESS, several times.
Elizabeth and Nathaniel Bonner are my favorite couple, so I’m especially pleased that their story continues in each book. FIRE ALONG THE SKY is no different. Although, I was especially intrigued by Hannah, Woman Walks Ahead, and her sister Lily. Those of you who have been reading my reviews for a while will remember that I reviewed LAKE IN THE CLOUDS in 2012. It has taken me six years to get back to this series. For shame, because the entire time I was reading FIRE ALONG THE SKY, I wondered what had taken me so long to get back to them. Maybe I can finish this series by next year? I surely want to! And to be honest, I would love to find the time to begin with the first book and read the entire series back-to-back all over again.
There’s so much to love in this book. Revisiting with favorite characters and tracking their progress in life is especially rewarding, heartrending, laugh-out loud funny, and downright scary. I never know where Sara Donati will lead us, and she doesn’t shy away from tragedy any more than a lifetime romance. She tortures her characters and her readers right along with them, and I can’t get enough of it, including the heartache.
The writing is beautiful with lush descriptions in the right places that give these books an otherworldly feel. Don’t worry — the lush writing doesn’t overwhelm because the dialog and thoughts move along at a good clip as well. FIRE ALONG THE SKY concentrates on Lily quite a bit, which I loved because she’s an artist. It makes me wonder if Sara Donati is an illustrator as well as a polished wordsmith. Her descriptions of Lily’s talent is spot-on, as if it’s written from an experienced artist’s point-of-view. As you can see – this book contains many of my favorite themes: Scottish men in early America, artists, frontier living, mystery/thriller sections, backwoods details, the harsh reality of Native American’s history, as well as several love stories.
Sara Donati writes an absorbing tale with characters who bound from the pages like old friends. I laughed out loud at the letters from the family at Lake in the Clouds, written to Lily who was visiting her brother Luke in Canada. Then, I gasped in horror at what happened next. This book has a good murder mystery to add to its attributes, which brings all the characters back together as it’s resolved.
I bit off more than I can chew by selecting this 655 page book for our challenge just a week before it was due, but I couldn’t resist it. I’ve written this review based on reading 44% of it because I wanted to share all the books I discovered in my TBR while deciding on this one. Now I have a reading list planned for winter, including the rest of this series. I’ll come back to this review and write my final thoughts at the end of the book, but so far, I’m loving it.
If you haven’t tried this series yet, I highly suggest you begin with INTO THE WILDERNESS and see if you love it as much as I do. I’d love to hear your thoughts if you do.
Final thoughts on November 24, 2018 when I finished the book – Once again I’m frustrated that the story has unanswered questions that make me frenzied, but I’m equally excited to read the next book. I was a little disappointed that one evil preacher and his nephew’s stories were not enough closure for me. But that’s one molecule of disappointment in comparison to the exaggeration of enjoyment these books bring me.
This series is a great American classic and shouldn’t be missed by historical fiction lovers. Next to Diana Gabaldon, Donati exceeds for me because she writes about the American frontier. Otherwise, I feel they’re equal in so many ways. Sara Donati delivers epic storytelling at its finest.
Review by Dorine, courtesy of The Zest Quest. Print and digital copies of this book, as well as the rest of the series have been purchased.
October 15, 2024
“Seeing the truth of a thing is a far cry from making it your own.”
This book was so full of beauty and truth and while there was sadness I was happy to be back with the Bonners, a decade later.
Spoilers below 👇🏻
Hannah mourns her loss:
“Strikes-the-Sky, her husband. Gone now more than two years and still her tongue remembered and craved the taste of him. As meat craves salt. She said those words aloud and watched them drift off in the white cloud of her breath. In that substance she could see his shape, far off at the edge of the forest. His voice was much closer. There are other kinds of food in the world, he said to her. Food without salt still fills the belly. It was true. There were worthwhile things in the world, and many of them were already in her hands. A home, a family, work, people who needed her help. Good things that held her here as surely as a pinned fly. Life here would be safe, and comfortable, and sterile. Hannah wondered how long she could manage such a delicate balance, and where she might land when she lost it.”
Classic Elizabeth and Nathaniel antics:
“He pulled her closer with his free arm around her waist and kissed her properly before he let her go. He smelled of honest sweat and pennyroyal ointment and pine tar and blood, and his mouth tasted of mint. Then he swung her around to pin her where she stood, his arms stemmed to either side of her head. It was one of Elizabeth's greatest pleasures in life, to have her husband catch her up against a wall to kiss her. He knew this very well, and he used it now to his advantage.”
Lily learns about men and possibly, love?:
“Then on the third day, as she made yet another strange cabin comfortable for the night, it came to Lily that Simon Ballentyne was a great deal like her father, in at least one way. He had the gift of patience, a word far too simple to really convey the quality. It was the thing that made the difference between a man who learned to hunt and one born to hunt. Men who could wait with utter calm because they understood their prey as it did not understand itself, knew what it was thinking and feeling and what it needed, most of all.”
“She gasped. “And you call me a heathen.” “My grumfie, my love,” he whispered against her mouth. “We'll be heathens tegither, the twa of us.” ❤️🔥
TW: war and associated injuries and death, attempted rape, kidnapping
This book was so full of beauty and truth and while there was sadness I was happy to be back with the Bonners, a decade later.
Spoilers below 👇🏻
Hannah mourns her loss:
“Strikes-the-Sky, her husband. Gone now more than two years and still her tongue remembered and craved the taste of him. As meat craves salt. She said those words aloud and watched them drift off in the white cloud of her breath. In that substance she could see his shape, far off at the edge of the forest. His voice was much closer. There are other kinds of food in the world, he said to her. Food without salt still fills the belly. It was true. There were worthwhile things in the world, and many of them were already in her hands. A home, a family, work, people who needed her help. Good things that held her here as surely as a pinned fly. Life here would be safe, and comfortable, and sterile. Hannah wondered how long she could manage such a delicate balance, and where she might land when she lost it.”
Classic Elizabeth and Nathaniel antics:
“He pulled her closer with his free arm around her waist and kissed her properly before he let her go. He smelled of honest sweat and pennyroyal ointment and pine tar and blood, and his mouth tasted of mint. Then he swung her around to pin her where she stood, his arms stemmed to either side of her head. It was one of Elizabeth's greatest pleasures in life, to have her husband catch her up against a wall to kiss her. He knew this very well, and he used it now to his advantage.”
Lily learns about men and possibly, love?:
“Then on the third day, as she made yet another strange cabin comfortable for the night, it came to Lily that Simon Ballentyne was a great deal like her father, in at least one way. He had the gift of patience, a word far too simple to really convey the quality. It was the thing that made the difference between a man who learned to hunt and one born to hunt. Men who could wait with utter calm because they understood their prey as it did not understand itself, knew what it was thinking and feeling and what it needed, most of all.”
“She gasped. “And you call me a heathen.” “My grumfie, my love,” he whispered against her mouth. “We'll be heathens tegither, the twa of us.” ❤️🔥
TW: war and associated injuries and death, attempted rape, kidnapping
February 27, 2021
Book 4 in the Wilderness series picks up the Bonners ten years after Hannah's marriage and departure from the family nest. It chronicles her journey back to the family having lost her husband and son. I found this to be jarring and a big disappointment. However throughout the course of the book the holes in her marital history are filled in somewhat, but not to my satisfaction.
The rest of the Bonners and their relationships with the citizens of Paradise are given a lot of ink and I was glad of that. Where and who they live with and around has always fascinated me.Cousin Jennet comes across the pond from Scotland to live with the Bonners. Lily, the youngest daughter and most like her mother in temperament deals with her heart's growing pains as she tries to decide between two men.
The last quarter of the book for the most part is devoted to the rescue mission undertaken by Hannah and Jennet to free her brother Daniel. The War of 1812 is dealt with in short bursts, but background is missing for the most part. But it prompted me to do a little research to educate myself, which is one of the reasons I love historical fiction.
The premise of book five is set up with Jennet's kidnapping. I can only hope that Ms. Donati sees fit to fill in the familial holes that she left open.
The rest of the Bonners and their relationships with the citizens of Paradise are given a lot of ink and I was glad of that. Where and who they live with and around has always fascinated me.Cousin Jennet comes across the pond from Scotland to live with the Bonners. Lily, the youngest daughter and most like her mother in temperament deals with her heart's growing pains as she tries to decide between two men.
The last quarter of the book for the most part is devoted to the rescue mission undertaken by Hannah and Jennet to free her brother Daniel. The War of 1812 is dealt with in short bursts, but background is missing for the most part. But it prompted me to do a little research to educate myself, which is one of the reasons I love historical fiction.
The premise of book five is set up with Jennet's kidnapping. I can only hope that Ms. Donati sees fit to fill in the familial holes that she left open.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 3, 2022
This installment of the series was another hit.
The audio narrator, Kate Reading, has given an outstanding performance for every book in this series. There are a multitude of accents for various characters and she does an amazing job. I've listened to at least 1,000 audiobooks over the last 4 years and her performance for this series is one of the best I've heard. Simply incredible.
The audio narrator, Kate Reading, has given an outstanding performance for every book in this series. There are a multitude of accents for various characters and she does an amazing job. I've listened to at least 1,000 audiobooks over the last 4 years and her performance for this series is one of the best I've heard. Simply incredible.
August 6, 2022
The pace of Book 4 was much slower than the first three. I still loved all the characters however may take a series break as I need to catch up on my library holds that have become loans since starting Book 3. Diane Gabaldon fans will love this series.
July 9, 2017
4.5 Stars
November 10, 2009
Ok, after the last book in the series I was sure that I wouldn't read another one... I was wrong. Somehow "Fire" found it's way into my shopping bag after a brief trip to the local BAM.
I was so happy that Donati didn't kill off Curiosity Freeman but was shocked that Dr. Richard Todd met an early and quite painful demise. Hannah's husband (who just appears out of nowhere in "Lake in the Clouds") never really materlizes in "Fire." His story was poorly told and their marriage was a complete waste of good paper. I couldn't even muster any realy sympathy for the death of Hannah's son.
Donati introduced some quirky characters (Rev. Stiles and his nutcase of a nephew for instance)a hot new Scottish love interest and one heck of an adventure in a military prison. The story ends with a disjointed cliffhanger (Jennet should be throttled for leaving those letters in her tent. What a bloody idiot!)Taken altogether "Fire in the Sky" offered just enough to earn three stars.
I was so happy that Donati didn't kill off Curiosity Freeman but was shocked that Dr. Richard Todd met an early and quite painful demise. Hannah's husband (who just appears out of nowhere in "Lake in the Clouds") never really materlizes in "Fire." His story was poorly told and their marriage was a complete waste of good paper. I couldn't even muster any realy sympathy for the death of Hannah's son.
Donati introduced some quirky characters (Rev. Stiles and his nutcase of a nephew for instance)a hot new Scottish love interest and one heck of an adventure in a military prison. The story ends with a disjointed cliffhanger (Jennet should be throttled for leaving those letters in her tent. What a bloody idiot!)Taken altogether "Fire in the Sky" offered just enough to earn three stars.
November 22, 2010
I picked up this series because I read The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon and LOVED it. I heard that Clair/Jamie, from Outlander, made an appearance in these books so I had to read it.
It wasn't as good as Outlander but I did enjoy the story and the characters very much. It's much along the same lines as Outlander (without the time travel) and very well written. You get invested in the characters and want to follow them though life.
I've read the entire series and LOVE how it matures with the characters and you follow different characters in the different books in the series.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes historical romance.
It wasn't as good as Outlander but I did enjoy the story and the characters very much. It's much along the same lines as Outlander (without the time travel) and very well written. You get invested in the characters and want to follow them though life.
I've read the entire series and LOVE how it matures with the characters and you follow different characters in the different books in the series.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes historical romance.
May 20, 2017
Just loving this saga. I need more audible credits for book 5. Wait til June.
November 23, 2020
I started this series nearly 5 years ago-read the first three and then was never able to find the next 3. I forgot all about it. Thanks to a challenge I was doing I discovered this one my shelf.
This is the saga of the Bonner Family, living on a mountain near the village of Paradise, in up state New York. The story, in book 1, begins in 1792. In Book 4 we are in the year 1812 and war has returned. The children are all grown and scattering and a cousin from Scotland arrives unexpectedly. I was afraid that I would be lost, as it took so long for me to return to this series. Surprisingly. I was able to recall quite a bit from the previous books. I suppose that is, in part, due to Donati's wonderful writing. She pulled me right back into the lives of all these wonderful characters.
Looks like Michigan is headed for total lock-down again and I am looking forward to escaping into the Bonner family's world with books 5 and 6.
Highly recommend the series to anyone who loves HF and great family saga.
This is the saga of the Bonner Family, living on a mountain near the village of Paradise, in up state New York. The story, in book 1, begins in 1792. In Book 4 we are in the year 1812 and war has returned. The children are all grown and scattering and a cousin from Scotland arrives unexpectedly. I was afraid that I would be lost, as it took so long for me to return to this series. Surprisingly. I was able to recall quite a bit from the previous books. I suppose that is, in part, due to Donati's wonderful writing. She pulled me right back into the lives of all these wonderful characters.
Looks like Michigan is headed for total lock-down again and I am looking forward to escaping into the Bonner family's world with books 5 and 6.
Highly recommend the series to anyone who loves HF and great family saga.
April 12, 2025
Obsessed with this series! Can’t put them down!
January 26, 2011
I couldn't bring myself to like this novel as much as the others in the series. As a bit of a recap, the series starts out with Elizabeth coming to America from England to be a school teacher. A self professed spinster, she is surprised when she falls in love with outdoors-man Nathaniel Bonner. She elopes with him in an effort to not only be with him forever, but also restore property rightfully to the people who own it. The next novel is a bit down the road and she has just given birth to twins. They are kidnapped and Nathaniel and Elizabeth must travel to Scotland to get them back. From here we journey back to America many years down the road. This story is more about Nathaniel's daughter from his first wife and her learning to be a doctor despite her mixed heritage and the fact that she is a woman.
Finally in this novel yet another great many years have passed. Hannah has come back after losing both her child and her husband. Lost in spirit she only lives day to day in repitition. Lily, one of the twins is dealing with her own love life and whether she loves the dashing Scot Simon or the married man in town. She decides to go to Canada to study art for awhile and get away from everything. Meanwhile, her twin Daniel has gone off to join the war and fight. In doing so, he is captured and injured. Hannah and their cousin from Scotland, Jennet sneak in as nursemaids to help care for him and hopefully rescue him. There are some suspicious of them however, so they must tread carefully if they have hopes of saving him and the other prisoners.
My biggest complaint about this book would be the lack of writing about Nathaniel and Elizabeth. This was originally their story and it seems like they have become merely background characters in it. Also, the characters I did care about, like Hannah are not themselves. Granted she goes through a traumatic experience in this book but there was not as much depth to her character as in previous books. The characters the book did focus on, Jennet and Lily, weren't really characters I cared too much about. I would have rather heard more on the characters I was attached to already.
As far as plot goes for this book, it had some interesting ideas but I don't think they were well carried out. What happened in the novel should have been exciting, but instead dragged out rather slowly. I lost interest several times and caught myself skimming the endless "letters" included in the novel.
On another note, I do always enjoy Donati's writing style. Her background as a linguist makes the accents interesting and fairly realistic. She also includes description, but not too much that you tire of reading the book. While she does allude to some risque things in her book, they are not heavily described so even more timid readers can enjoy the book.
I'll continue reading the story of course, but I hope Donati goes back to what drew me to the story in the first place. She has a great set of original characters, and she should use them to her advantage.
Fire Along the Sky
Copyright 2004
608 pages
Finally in this novel yet another great many years have passed. Hannah has come back after losing both her child and her husband. Lost in spirit she only lives day to day in repitition. Lily, one of the twins is dealing with her own love life and whether she loves the dashing Scot Simon or the married man in town. She decides to go to Canada to study art for awhile and get away from everything. Meanwhile, her twin Daniel has gone off to join the war and fight. In doing so, he is captured and injured. Hannah and their cousin from Scotland, Jennet sneak in as nursemaids to help care for him and hopefully rescue him. There are some suspicious of them however, so they must tread carefully if they have hopes of saving him and the other prisoners.
My biggest complaint about this book would be the lack of writing about Nathaniel and Elizabeth. This was originally their story and it seems like they have become merely background characters in it. Also, the characters I did care about, like Hannah are not themselves. Granted she goes through a traumatic experience in this book but there was not as much depth to her character as in previous books. The characters the book did focus on, Jennet and Lily, weren't really characters I cared too much about. I would have rather heard more on the characters I was attached to already.
As far as plot goes for this book, it had some interesting ideas but I don't think they were well carried out. What happened in the novel should have been exciting, but instead dragged out rather slowly. I lost interest several times and caught myself skimming the endless "letters" included in the novel.
On another note, I do always enjoy Donati's writing style. Her background as a linguist makes the accents interesting and fairly realistic. She also includes description, but not too much that you tire of reading the book. While she does allude to some risque things in her book, they are not heavily described so even more timid readers can enjoy the book.
I'll continue reading the story of course, but I hope Donati goes back to what drew me to the story in the first place. She has a great set of original characters, and she should use them to her advantage.
Fire Along the Sky
Copyright 2004
608 pages
March 11, 2020
The Into the Wilderness series has been one of my favourite historical fiction series to date. I read the series years ago and recently I've been working my way through listening to the books. Unfortunately, this time I wasn't as enamored with the Bonner clan. The things I loved about the books (the Bonner family - particularly Nathaniel and Elizabeth, the adventure and antics of the local people of Paradise, NY) felt very subdued and not all that interesting making the story drag throughout the middle.
My lackluster feelings are mainly from the fact that Fire Along The Sky picks up a decade after the last book, Lake in the Clouds. This jump in time forces Donati to tell her readers what has happened instead of showing them through the story. This time jump removed me from the story and affected my connection to the characters. Twins Lily and Daniel were 8 years old the last we saw them and now they're 18, and much of this book now focuses on Lily. She's not my favourite character and often came off as petulant rather than strong. I was excited to see that Hannah makes her return to Paradise, but she is kept in the background and is a shadow of her former self while my favourites, Nathaniel and Elizabeth, are kept squarely in the background.
I'm saddened that I didn't love this book as much as I did previously. It felt like there were a lot of minor story lines to keep readers busy, but they didn't add a lot to the plot leaving this book to feel like just a link between the third and fifth books in the series. Even though I remember loving the fifth and sixth books, Queen of Swords and The Endless Forest , I'm debating whether to stop listening to this series. While Kate Reading as narrator continues to do an amazing job telling the story, it's the story itself that has lost some of its magic for me this second time around.
My lackluster feelings are mainly from the fact that Fire Along The Sky picks up a decade after the last book, Lake in the Clouds. This jump in time forces Donati to tell her readers what has happened instead of showing them through the story. This time jump removed me from the story and affected my connection to the characters. Twins Lily and Daniel were 8 years old the last we saw them and now they're 18, and much of this book now focuses on Lily. She's not my favourite character and often came off as petulant rather than strong. I was excited to see that Hannah makes her return to Paradise, but she is kept in the background and is a shadow of her former self while my favourites, Nathaniel and Elizabeth, are kept squarely in the background.
I'm saddened that I didn't love this book as much as I did previously. It felt like there were a lot of minor story lines to keep readers busy, but they didn't add a lot to the plot leaving this book to feel like just a link between the third and fifth books in the series. Even though I remember loving the fifth and sixth books, Queen of Swords and The Endless Forest , I'm debating whether to stop listening to this series. While Kate Reading as narrator continues to do an amazing job telling the story, it's the story itself that has lost some of its magic for me this second time around.
January 27, 2018
Man I adore this series. It is so satisfying, no, more than that, it's that feeling of contentment and fullness you experience after you have eaten an amazing meal. With all the tantalising flavours besides.
I don't like Lily, at all. Now instead of that making me drop a star, it has made me love the series even more because of how realistic it is. Not everyone in every family is going to be perfect. That is Lily. She is spoilt, bratish and quite selfish, emulating a sibling most people have had to deal with. That, too me, shows the depth of Donati's skill. Brilliant!
I don't like Lily, at all. Now instead of that making me drop a star, it has made me love the series even more because of how realistic it is. Not everyone in every family is going to be perfect. That is Lily. She is spoilt, bratish and quite selfish, emulating a sibling most people have had to deal with. That, too me, shows the depth of Donati's skill. Brilliant!
November 6, 2014
Loving this series!
August 4, 2019
This is the 4th book o the Wilderness Series.
Hannah Bonner has returned home to her family on Lake in the Clouds. But she has returned without her husband and child. And she cannot talk about it. Hannah resumes her duties as a healer in the small town of Paradise especially after Richard Todd dies. And he did leave her with his house and practice.
The War of 1812 has started and Daniel Bonner wants to join up--he does. He gets captured after getting hurt and Hannah, along with Jennet who has come from Scotland, rescues him.
Lily goes to Montreal to study art under several teachers there and falls in love with Simon of the Mntcrief family in which the Bonners don't like. But her family is taken with Simon and they marry.
Jennet disappears toward the end of the book, she is kidnapped by a nasty man who portrays himself as a preacher. There is a reward out for her.
This is an interesting series, rich with the history of the US similar to that of Diana Galbaldon of the Outlander series. I hope you pick up this series and will enjoy it as I have.
Hannah Bonner has returned home to her family on Lake in the Clouds. But she has returned without her husband and child. And she cannot talk about it. Hannah resumes her duties as a healer in the small town of Paradise especially after Richard Todd dies. And he did leave her with his house and practice.
The War of 1812 has started and Daniel Bonner wants to join up--he does. He gets captured after getting hurt and Hannah, along with Jennet who has come from Scotland, rescues him.
Lily goes to Montreal to study art under several teachers there and falls in love with Simon of the Mntcrief family in which the Bonners don't like. But her family is taken with Simon and they marry.
Jennet disappears toward the end of the book, she is kidnapped by a nasty man who portrays himself as a preacher. There is a reward out for her.
This is an interesting series, rich with the history of the US similar to that of Diana Galbaldon of the Outlander series. I hope you pick up this series and will enjoy it as I have.
November 23, 2025
I feel like she’s grown as an author and is way better about the different perspectives. As always, I want more Elizabeth and Nathaniel. I feel like the skips in time just show so much wasted potential for stories.
October 13, 2023
Good book! Sara wrote another good book in the series
August 27, 2019
When I first picked up Into the Wilderness and started reading I nearly died of happiness to see the characters from one of my favorite movies (The Last of the Mohicans) in it!!!!The first three books were wonderful and fabulously written. Watching Elizabeth and Nathaniel's relationship grow and their children was an absolute pleasure. I did have some hesitations at first with Lake in the Clouds, but Donati's style and writing cleared up some of the earlier hesitations I had.
Now onto Fire Along the Sky. I think this could have been a fabulous book, a wonderful book....if not for a two nagging and annoying lingering doubts and blanks Donati left. First...the jump in time. I understand you can't have books falling year after year after year, but it really was a drastic jump. One minute I'm reading about the 8 year old twins and a newly married Hannah, and the next minute (well not really the next minute more like the next week)I'm reading about 18 year old twins who are leaving Paradise and a shell of the former Hannah who Donati just tells us has been presumably widowed and lost her only child. That leads me two my second and probably largest annoyance with the book...the way in which Donati directs Hannah's story.
. It had taken me a bit to warm up to Strikes-the-Sky in Lake in the Clouds (honestly I had been holding out a secret hope that somehow Liam would change and his wife would be dead or something), but once I continued reading I perceived Strikes-the-Sky to be much better for Hannah/Walkes-Ahead because he sees both the Mahican and White parts of her. So there I am in my little blissful contentment after Lake in the Clouds that Strikes-the-Sky and Hannah are perfect and will live happily ever after, and then I read Fire Along the Sky. If I ever thought of not finishing the series in the middle of the series, it would have been when I found out-- after starting to read the book-- that Strikes-the-Sky has gone with Manny Freedman and Hannah presumes him dead. I was livid when I read this...for goodness sakes Donati had take Liam away from Hannah and now she takes Strikes-the-Sky away; I honestly think it was for more shock and awe affect than anything else--as in 'Let's see how far we can take Hannah's life and make it into the most wretched and difficult we can short of killing her'. Alright, maybe I'm a going over the top a little, but it really did anger me that Donati would put Strikes-the-Sky into Lake in the Clouds at the end to comfort us over the fact that Liam Kirby has turned out to not be Hannah's true love, and then not even bother to put him into Fire Along the Sky except when he visits Hannah in her dreams. I honestly think it would have been better if she had never created his character and just had Hannah have a desire to head west with her uncle Otter.
Okay, now onto the parts that I did like.
I fell in LOVE with Lily and Simon! Yes, she seemed a little spoiled, but I couldn't help but watch as the two of them circled around each other. Him loving her and trying to show her that she loves and needs him too was one of the most beautiful tales of courtship to read about; they are perfect for each other!
Also, I liked Luke and Jennet. It was really the first time we are given a glimpse into Nathaniel Bonner's first child by Gisele Somerville, but he proves to be quite a interesting and dynamic character. In Dawn on a Distant Shore, I had loved Jennet's little character as she takes Hannah all through the nooks and cranies of the Earl's house in Scotland. In this book she becomes a character of depth and courage (a little idiotic for leaving the letters) but a natural heroine to join the rest.
So final conclusion...I would have given this book 4 stars or even 4.5, but I just could not get over the jump in time because it wasn't well established in what happened during the 10 years between the two books and the way in which Donati directed Hannah's life.
Now onto Fire Along the Sky. I think this could have been a fabulous book, a wonderful book....if not for a two nagging and annoying lingering doubts and blanks Donati left. First...the jump in time. I understand you can't have books falling year after year after year, but it really was a drastic jump. One minute I'm reading about the 8 year old twins and a newly married Hannah, and the next minute (well not really the next minute more like the next week)I'm reading about 18 year old twins who are leaving Paradise and a shell of the former Hannah who Donati just tells us has been presumably widowed and lost her only child. That leads me two my second and probably largest annoyance with the book...the way in which Donati directs Hannah's story.
. It had taken me a bit to warm up to Strikes-the-Sky in Lake in the Clouds (honestly I had been holding out a secret hope that somehow Liam would change and his wife would be dead or something), but once I continued reading I perceived Strikes-the-Sky to be much better for Hannah/Walkes-Ahead because he sees both the Mahican and White parts of her. So there I am in my little blissful contentment after Lake in the Clouds that Strikes-the-Sky and Hannah are perfect and will live happily ever after, and then I read Fire Along the Sky. If I ever thought of not finishing the series in the middle of the series, it would have been when I found out-- after starting to read the book-- that Strikes-the-Sky has gone with Manny Freedman and Hannah presumes him dead. I was livid when I read this...for goodness sakes Donati had take Liam away from Hannah and now she takes Strikes-the-Sky away; I honestly think it was for more shock and awe affect than anything else--as in 'Let's see how far we can take Hannah's life and make it into the most wretched and difficult we can short of killing her'. Alright, maybe I'm a going over the top a little, but it really did anger me that Donati would put Strikes-the-Sky into Lake in the Clouds at the end to comfort us over the fact that Liam Kirby has turned out to not be Hannah's true love, and then not even bother to put him into Fire Along the Sky except when he visits Hannah in her dreams. I honestly think it would have been better if she had never created his character and just had Hannah have a desire to head west with her uncle Otter.
Okay, now onto the parts that I did like.
I fell in LOVE with Lily and Simon! Yes, she seemed a little spoiled, but I couldn't help but watch as the two of them circled around each other. Him loving her and trying to show her that she loves and needs him too was one of the most beautiful tales of courtship to read about; they are perfect for each other!
Also, I liked Luke and Jennet. It was really the first time we are given a glimpse into Nathaniel Bonner's first child by Gisele Somerville, but he proves to be quite a interesting and dynamic character. In Dawn on a Distant Shore, I had loved Jennet's little character as she takes Hannah all through the nooks and cranies of the Earl's house in Scotland. In this book she becomes a character of depth and courage (a little idiotic for leaving the letters) but a natural heroine to join the rest.
So final conclusion...I would have given this book 4 stars or even 4.5, but I just could not get over the jump in time because it wasn't well established in what happened during the 10 years between the two books and the way in which Donati directed Hannah's life.
May 23, 2020
I’m glad Jennet is back, even if that means putting up with the occasional Scots. There’s just enough to remind me that she’s Scottish but not enough to get on my nerves. Elizabeth and Nathaniel take a back seat in this book but Lily, Luke, Hannah and Daniel get their turn.
January 6, 2018
This story is really too sad.
May 24, 2011
4.5 Stars. Ten years have passed since Hannah married Strikes-the-Sky and walked west with him to live among his people and now she is back in Paradise, alone, a quiet shell of her former self. She's not the only one who's found their way home to the welcoming arms of the Bonner family. Her newly widowed cousin from Scotland, Jennet, has arrived looking to rekindle her relationship with her first love, Hannah's half-brother Luke. Luke's home, too, and he's brought his business partner, fellow Scot Simon Ballantyne, who has eyes only for Lily, the youngest Bonner daughter.
Hannah was my favorite character in books two and three of this series, but Lily takes center stage for me in this novel as she struggles to make the transition from girl to woman. Lily's plans to study art in Europe have been foiled by the outbreak of the War of 1812, and her life is further complicated by an illicit relationship. Eighteen years old, headstrong and with a wild streak, Lily is determined to chart her own future, and she begins by convincing her parents to let her live and study art in Montreal with her brother Luke.
Lily's twin, Daniel, also leaves Paradise with his cousin Blue Jay to join the war and soon finds himself taken prisoner. Lily and Simon make the dangerous trip through the battle lines to bring the news to Paradise, where the decision is made for Hannah and Jennet to set out with Luke's help to bring Daniel home.
As war breaks out along the Canadian border, the narrative moves back and forth between Montreal, the battlefields, and Nathaniel and Elizabeth in Paradise, who in addition to worrying for their children, have problems of their own to face at home. This novel has a large cast of characters and there are multiple story threads, but even though they are separated, the Bonner family is never far from each other in thought and heart. The story concentrates on the younger generation, but Nathaniel and Elizabeth are still integral characters and the population of Paradise colorfully portrays the ups and downs of frontier life on the edge of the vast New York wilderness.
I really like this series, I own all of them except the final book, which was recently published, but with this book as in the others, there are always a couple of things that nag at me and keep me from giving them five stars. Two in this one: First, It took me a long time to warm to Jennet; I found her annoying and callously happy to be a widow, though by her own admission her husband was a good man, even thought the marriage was arranged. And second, the story held on a little too long. With so many characters and plotlines, it took too long to bring it all together and the pace slowed down when I was ready to get to the end to see what the conclusion would be.
In this book a few lingering loose ends from previous books are tied up, but several things are left hanging and the basis for the next book is presented, so I'm moving right on to Queen of Swords. Then I think I'll wait a while to read Endless Forests. I'm not quite ready to read the end of the story yet.
Hannah was my favorite character in books two and three of this series, but Lily takes center stage for me in this novel as she struggles to make the transition from girl to woman. Lily's plans to study art in Europe have been foiled by the outbreak of the War of 1812, and her life is further complicated by an illicit relationship. Eighteen years old, headstrong and with a wild streak, Lily is determined to chart her own future, and she begins by convincing her parents to let her live and study art in Montreal with her brother Luke.
Lily's twin, Daniel, also leaves Paradise with his cousin Blue Jay to join the war and soon finds himself taken prisoner. Lily and Simon make the dangerous trip through the battle lines to bring the news to Paradise, where the decision is made for Hannah and Jennet to set out with Luke's help to bring Daniel home.
As war breaks out along the Canadian border, the narrative moves back and forth between Montreal, the battlefields, and Nathaniel and Elizabeth in Paradise, who in addition to worrying for their children, have problems of their own to face at home. This novel has a large cast of characters and there are multiple story threads, but even though they are separated, the Bonner family is never far from each other in thought and heart. The story concentrates on the younger generation, but Nathaniel and Elizabeth are still integral characters and the population of Paradise colorfully portrays the ups and downs of frontier life on the edge of the vast New York wilderness.
I really like this series, I own all of them except the final book, which was recently published, but with this book as in the others, there are always a couple of things that nag at me and keep me from giving them five stars. Two in this one: First, It took me a long time to warm to Jennet; I found her annoying and callously happy to be a widow, though by her own admission her husband was a good man, even thought the marriage was arranged. And second, the story held on a little too long. With so many characters and plotlines, it took too long to bring it all together and the pace slowed down when I was ready to get to the end to see what the conclusion would be.
In this book a few lingering loose ends from previous books are tied up, but several things are left hanging and the basis for the next book is presented, so I'm moving right on to Queen of Swords. Then I think I'll wait a while to read Endless Forests. I'm not quite ready to read the end of the story yet.
July 16, 2011
Took me a while to really get involved in this segment of the Bonner's story. I can't quite determine why as I've been eager to hear more about Jennet since she was first introduced. I was a bit upset that Hannah's story took such a sad turn after the bright childhood she had. I loved watching Lily & Simon fall for each other, and Luke and Jennet keep me happy as well. I wanted to know more about how Blue Jay suddenly came home with a wife having found her sometime after leaving the prisoner's ship and making it back home. I've never felt like I knew Daniel well, and while his character grew a bit more toward the very end of this novel, I didn't feel like there was much to him beforehand to understand his strong emotions. The Stiler story seemed like a bit of interlude in the middle of the novel. I understand that it was a continuation of Jemima's mean-spirited tactics to hurt the people of Paradise, but it felt somewhat detached from everything else going on, and perhaps unnecessary since they were only run out of town a few chapters later anyway.
Overall though, I do still love reading about this family and time period, and am very eager to see what happens with Luke & Hannah's search for Jennet in the next segment.
Overall though, I do still love reading about this family and time period, and am very eager to see what happens with Luke & Hannah's search for Jennet in the next segment.
July 29, 2024
4 STARS
"The year is 1812 and Hannah Bonner has returned to her family's mountain cabin. But Nathaniel and Elizabeth can see that Hannah is not the same woman as when she left. For their daughter has come home without her husband and son, and with a story of loss and tragedy that she can't even bear to tell. Yet as Hannah resumes her duties as a gifted healer, she finds that she is slowly healing herself. Little does she realise that she is about to face her greatest challenge ever. Hannah is called away to the war to perform one final act of courage, duty and sacrifice. And in risking everything once more, she may learn to live - and even to love - again." (From Amazon)
A haunting novel...Hannah has lost her family and her spirit. She must learn to love again.
"The year is 1812 and Hannah Bonner has returned to her family's mountain cabin. But Nathaniel and Elizabeth can see that Hannah is not the same woman as when she left. For their daughter has come home without her husband and son, and with a story of loss and tragedy that she can't even bear to tell. Yet as Hannah resumes her duties as a gifted healer, she finds that she is slowly healing herself. Little does she realise that she is about to face her greatest challenge ever. Hannah is called away to the war to perform one final act of courage, duty and sacrifice. And in risking everything once more, she may learn to live - and even to love - again." (From Amazon)
A haunting novel...Hannah has lost her family and her spirit. She must learn to love again.
August 6, 2017
Hannah Bonner is returning to her home, she has lost her husband and her son. Jennet is on her way to Luke, her husband of 10 years has died and now she can be with the person she truly loves.
The twins Lily and Daniel have grown up, Lily is quite the artist and feels constrained living in Lake in the Clouds, while Daniel wants to join the war against the British in the War of 1812.
Many things will change in the course of this novel, will Hannah tell her tale of Tecumseh and her part in it, will Lily be able to leave Paradise and study art now that the war has started. Jennet arrives in Paradise but with the war on how will she get to Canada to be with Luke? You'll have to read it to find out!
The twins Lily and Daniel have grown up, Lily is quite the artist and feels constrained living in Lake in the Clouds, while Daniel wants to join the war against the British in the War of 1812.
Many things will change in the course of this novel, will Hannah tell her tale of Tecumseh and her part in it, will Lily be able to leave Paradise and study art now that the war has started. Jennet arrives in Paradise but with the war on how will she get to Canada to be with Luke? You'll have to read it to find out!
March 15, 2018
Again...💞5 WONDERFUL STARS💞 !!!
I'm amazed. What an incredible writer. 4 books, almost 700 pages each, and I'm as hooked as ever😊 I think I'm gonna cry when the series finishes😝
QUICK REVIEW:
Enjoyment: 5/5
Writing style: 5/5
Storyline: 5/5
Hero: 5/5
Heroine: 5/5
Secondary characters: 5/5
Chemistry/attraction: 5/5
Romance: 5/5
Hotness/Sex scenes: 0.5/5
Angst: 5/5
Drama level: 3/5
Humor level: 3/5
Depth of the book: 3/5
POV: It's "multi" pov
I'm amazed. What an incredible writer. 4 books, almost 700 pages each, and I'm as hooked as ever😊 I think I'm gonna cry when the series finishes😝
QUICK REVIEW:
Enjoyment: 5/5
Writing style: 5/5
Storyline: 5/5
Hero: 5/5
Heroine: 5/5
Secondary characters: 5/5
Chemistry/attraction: 5/5
Romance: 5/5
Hotness/Sex scenes: 0.5/5
Angst: 5/5
Drama level: 3/5
Humor level: 3/5
Depth of the book: 3/5
POV: It's "multi" pov
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