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Exile Of Sara Stevenson: A Historical Novel (2014)

by Darci Hannah(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1299163165 (ISBN13: 9781299163164)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Ballantine Books

review 1: Setduring the time of the Napoleonic Wars,Sara Stevenson is a young spoiled daughter of a famous father Robert Stevenson a builder of lighthouses. Sara becomes involved with a young sailor who does not meet her social standing. They plan to elope but are betrayed by a family employee. The young man never makes the rendezvous and so her parents plan to wed her to someone more suitable and richer. However, Sara finds herself pregnant and sent to stay at what she believes to be the end of the world-Cape Wrath Scotland. The next several months are trying for Sara and those around her. Add to this mix smugglers, ghosts and letters that travel through time and you have quite an adventurous and romantic read.
review 2: This book doesn't deserve 4 stars, but it was be... moretter than 3 (darnit, when is Goodreads going to allow half stars?). My rating: 3.5 stars.The premise of this book sounded interesting, and in general it played out well, but it still fell short in some aspects. I enjoyed the setting in the Highlands of 19th century Scotland, and also some of the historical references to famous men in literature like Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. The story itself was somewhat interesting, but it was hard to really like any of the characters. And just when the slow build up of the relationship between Sara and William was beginning to boil, the story turned, and then was rushed through to the end. Odd. Also, I realize that the 'otherworldly' aspect to this story was supposed to be one of the catch-points, and as much as I enjoy things like that (i.e., Gabaldon's 'Outlander' series, or 'The Time Traveler's Wife'), I actually thought that it wasn't necessary in this case, as it felt oddly contrived at times. I think the story could've been told without it. Finally, the one thing that annoys me often in books is when the correct 'voice' isn't used; in this case, it was accents/dialect. Most of the characters in this story were from either Edinburgh or the Scottish Highlands, yet only some characters 'spoke' with a brogue, and sometimes the same character would have a brogue yet other times they wouldn't. More consistency would've lent more credibility.Overall, I thought this was a good read, just not a great one. less

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