This book is more well-written than most Christian fiction and the characters are fairly well drawn. Good dialogue is difficult and Miller succeeds in making the banter between Nicholas and Lavinia believable. She also succeeded in making the language appropriate to the time period.
It's a straight romance, which got a little tedious, especially when the hero and heroine are never sure of each other's affections, are constantly second-guessing each other's motives, and inevitably assume that the other person doesn't care. Three hundred pages of that got old after awhile.
I have no problem with characters praying or expressing their faith, but the preachiness was thick at times.
It's a straight romance, which got a little tedious, especially when the hero and heroine are never sure of each other's affections, are constantly second-guessing each other's motives, and inevitably assume that the other person doesn't care. Three hundred pages of that got old after awhile.
I have no problem with characters praying or expressing their faith, but the preachiness was thick at times.