Hooray for Susan Kay Law – she restores my faith in romance (and in my reading taste).
Home Fires by Susan Kay Law
(1995, American) 7/4/12
Grade: 4
Amanda’s marriage was the envy of New York high society. But in truth, her life was unbearable. Gathering her courage, Amanda escaped and sought refuge far away, in a small and beautiful Minnesota town. There, at the crossroads of two peaceful rivers, she found hope–and Jakob Hall.
This was an emotional, comforting read, although it was somewhat predictable. Susan Kay Law hadn’t developed her trademark style of emotion and humor yet, so this felt more like a traditional Americana book, but still, the characters were well developed and the writing was very good. The background of Minnesota and German immigrants was also very well done. It got a little dull in the middle, but it finished strong. Nice to finally read something good!
I still have a few Susan Kay Law books in my TBR. I’m kind of hoarding them since she’s pretty much stopped writing romance (or at least Westerns) but hopefully they’ll be a little more original than this one. This was one of her early books so I have high hopes!
Karen Wheless
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