"Top Gun" Started It All

"Holding the Fort" by Regina Jennings was a lukewarm start to a new series. I liked the story and really liked the secondary characters, but Louisa, the main character, really got on my nerves. She was a bit cowardly for my taste, and not a single thing she did was something I would have done. In some books a character seems to do exactly what you're thinking you would do, but this character was a bit unrelatabe to me. The secondary characters, like the Major, his daughters, Bradley, and even Frisco Smith quickley grew on me. I have loved Regina Jennings work in the past, so I know if the next few books in the series follow some of these characters, I will enjoy them so much better now that Louisa will, hopefully, not be as big of a character. So yes, the book was just alright for me, but it was just because of my lack of enthusiasm for the main character. Regina Jenning's writing is always informative and interesting and this book was no exception. I am holdin...

Laura Frantz has done it again with, "The Lacemaker". Frantz writes some of the best and most detailed historical fiction books out there right now, and I would know since I have read a lot of them. :) "The Lacemaker" is set in 1775, in the Virginia Colony, that is on the brink of the Revolutionary War. It's about a young woman caught between a Tory father and her growing love for an Independance man. A woman split between two worlds, and knowing that she will have to forsake one. Will she follow her father's footsteps and remain loyal to England and the king? Or will she follow after her Independance Man and help bring freedom to this growing country? I was kept on the edge of my seat, with twists and turns that left me in the dark until the end, which I love. I do not want a book with typical events that you can call before even opening the book. I learned a few new things about this time in history, and I loved the realistic aspect of it all with t...