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La Plantation (2014)

by Leila Meacham(Favorite Author)

4.1 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

2368120203 (ISBN13: 9782368120200)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Charleston

review 1: I love both historical fiction and family sagas and ‘Somerset has them both. Silas Toliver’s brother inherited the family plantation which has left Silas as pretty much just a worker there with no title. When opportunity comes for him to put together a wagon train to Texas, with his best friend, Jeremy Warwick, they decide to do it. If they make it there, it means free land and a fresh start at building their own plantations. However, first Silas must raise some funds for the trip.Meanwhile, Jessica Carson, the daughter of a plantation owner, is helping slaves to escape to freedom, until she is caught. Her father gives her an a ultimatum. He also give Silas an offer that is hard to refuse but if he accepts, he will be forced to marry Jessica instead of his fianc�... more�.Somerset is the prequel to the bestselling book ‘Roses’. I have had ‘Roses’ on my tbr for a long time. I usually don’t enjoy prequels to books I have read. I prefer to read in chronological order, so reading Somerset first made perfect sense to me. I am really glad I read it!Somerset is a great historical saga. It capture the time and place beautifully. The lush working plantations in the south and the drama within, the action/adventure of the wagon train journey to the west, a budding romance, and the set up and running in a new land, Texas. It has it all! There is really something for everyone. Highly recommended! I hope to finally read ‘Roses’ in 2015.
review 2: Picked this up at the library when I read that it's about landowning families in South Carolina migrating to east Texas around the time of the Texas revolution. That's almost required reading in my family, as that's our story (except our ancestors got here a bit after the revolution). I finished it, and enjoyed reading how she perceived east Texas (author is from San Antonio), but overall, I wasn't impressed with the writing. (This is a "prequel" to her best-selling "Roses," which I am going to pass on for that reason.) I use the phrase "penny problem" whenever something in a movie, tv show, or book is so jarringly wrong that it takes me out of the story. (References a 1980 Reeve/Seymour movie called "Somewhere in Time." Let me know if you want an explanation.) There were several instances in this book. (There are a few references here to things that happen in the book, but I don't think there are any spoilers.)**Referred to Thomas on the train, when it was Vernon.**Referring to the Galveston hurricane as "the most devastating natural disaster ever to strike the US." Well, that's a very modern perspective. It took me right out of the time period.**A disease that was "beyond the scope of the times to cure." Again, a very modern perspective that kicked me out.Also some other klunky items:**Awkward descriptions of several things in dialogue ("As you know, Mother,.....") that would best have been handled in exposition.**Awkward/heavy-handed foreshadowing of a couple of deaths.I know these sound picky. But if they detract from my enjoyment of the story (and they did), then they matter. less

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