Title: Rebellious Heart.Author: Jody Hedlund.
Genre: Christian, Historical Fiction, Action/Adventure, Romance.
Plot: All Susanna Smith desires is to be educated like her younger brother and to read books to her heart's delight. Unfortunately, being a woman in Colonial America, the only thing she's expected and allowed to do is to find a suitable husband and produce children. When she runs into her childhood friend Benjamin Ross, the faintest hint of hope begins to flare. However, Benjamin is a poor country lawyer who has to make a good marriage as well - preferably to someone with lots of money. In addition to that little complication, he still hasn't forgiven her for the snide remarks she made to him as a child.
When the two become involved in helping an abused runaway indentured servant, they start to find common ground and begin to fall in love. But with danger close on their heels in the form of British officer Wolfe, the hints of revolution beginning to rumble, and Susanna's mother proving a formidable force to be recounted with, with their growing affection be too fragile to withstand the challenges ahead?
Likes/Dislikes: This was a well written historical fiction set during a very interesting {though perhaps, overly popular} time. Susanna's lack of education is overly expressed to the point of boredom and she flip-flops a lot. She has good intentions and a good heart, but after awhile she just whined too much for me to really like her. Benjamin was more likable but even he became a little too whiny - going on and on about the same thing for pages and pages. But if you take out those minor flaws, it was a very colorful story and I did rather enjoy it once it got started. It took me a long time to get interested though.
Rating: PG-14 and up for content; a young woman is pregnant after being abused {not shown, only mentioned in backstory}, and two young woman are found brutally murdered.
Date Report Written: February 20th, 2014.
I received a copy of this book free from the publishers in exchange for a honest review. I wasn't required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed in the above review are my own.
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