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20 Aug 2011, 08:00 PM | Post: #1

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A Sentence of Marriage by Shayne Parkinson

This is the first in the Promises to Keep trilogy by Shayne Parkinson and this first book A Sentence of Marriage is currently free on Amazon and Smashwords.

I LOVED this book! Shayne Parkinson has done a fantastic job of painting a picture of the life of a 19th century New Zealand farm girl. I found myself absolutely enchanted with the comings and goings of Amy's family within minutes of starting to read this book.
It's effectively a historical family saga, so there are highs, lows, surprises, romances, betrayals and more. Added to all of this, there are interesting insights into farm life at that time, something that I knew little about. The character of Amy is very easy to engage with. She seems perfect at first, but is ultimately as flawed as any teenage girl trying to figure out how to bridge the gap between girl and woman. All the characters are very clearly portrayed, even the very minor ones. So much so, that I can picture them all in my mind and towards the end, I started to feel that I actually knew and understood them.
I sympathised with Amy, laughed at Lizzie her cousin, loved to hate Susannah her step-mother, felt exasperated with Jack her father and found myself whizzing through what is quite a long book, at an amazing rate because I was so engrossed in the plot.

I can't recommend this highly enough. There are very few stories of this type around and even fewer that are so well-written. I'm so glad to see that there are more books in the series for me to read. I'm looking forward to all of them!

The Kindle edition was very well-formatted, no errors or problems that I could see Smile

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20 Aug 2011, 10:58 PM | Post: #2

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RE: A Sentence of Marriage by Shayne Parkinson

Thank you for posting this wonderful review, Daisy! I've been out in the garden since just after breakfast - what a lovely post to find when I started up my laptop.

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Historical novels set in New Zealand

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daisyduck1976 Reading Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong

21 Aug 2011, 08:18 PM | Post: #3

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RE: A Sentence of Marriage by Shayne Parkinson

(20 Aug 2011 10:58 PM)Shayne Parkinson Wrote: Thank you for posting this wonderful review, Daisy! I've been out in the garden since just after breakfast - what a lovely post to find when I started up my laptop.

It's a pleasure. I am loving the books so much (part way through book 3) that I try to recommend them where I can!

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