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Southern Rapture (1987)

by Jennifer Blake(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0449901777 (ISBN13: 9780449901779)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Ballantine Books

series

Louisiana History Collection

review 1: Okay, so this book proves there are in fact novels worth reading from Jennifer Blake. I took a star off from the rating because of the author's annoying habit (at least in my opinion) to ramble on. I had to skip through a lot of things that weren't really interesting to get to the good part; but there were in fact good parts! I really liked the story mix between Ranny and the Thorn. It was amusing and sweet, though Blake could've squeezed a little more juice out of it. I would read this book again, remembering to skip the boring bits.
review 2: I'm usually not a romance reader, so reading one now and again is usually a fluke. I do prefer historical romances over modern ones, and thought I'd give this one a try. It's set in the Reconstruction era in Louisiana... more, and while I don't have a lot of familiarity with the area it is placed in, I've at least been there. I felt the story was at least plausible. It was a bit confusing as to the whole Ranny/Ransom/Thorn thing, and that was probably the least believable part. You have to "work" to keep the facets of this character straight with the dual identity. I felt that few people are going to be gullible enough to not recognize the same man, no matter what the disguise, especially after making love to him. Even so, there are a few people who are skilled enough actors to pull it off even for brief periods of time.Finding out who the real villain of the story was turned out to be a bit of a surprise. The ending, like most romance novels, wasn't really a surprise. I think it must be a romance novel requirement that the hero and heroine end up together looking at a happily-ever-after story. Maybe that's why I don't like most romances much--real life has nothing in common with the happily-ever-after endings they present, so they have an inherent fatal flaw. As for the whole story being implausible due to the dual-identity story line, I disagree. It sounded absolutely plausible, although there are times when some of the characters are probably much too sweet & "Southern" than is possible. I had a hard time believing that the aging aunt could be so friendly and forgiving of Union soldiers, etc. I don't think anyone could be, especially in that era when things were going so horribly wrong and the corruption was so rampant.I think it's a decent historical novel. It's a pleasant read. If you are expecting total reality, this is the wrong genre and you should be reading something from the non-fiction category. less

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