Monday, February 13, 2012

The Vespertine by Saundra Mitchell

This was another book I saw in my book fair at school and thought I'd read it real quick.  It was REALLY good.  It was a little confusing at times but not too confusing to want to put the book down.  It is in a historical time period that I would have loved to been in.  Reputation is everything and if a girl is caught walking with a man alone or even walking by herself after dark her reputation would be stained.  A girls life is to find a respectable husband, marry, and be a good wife.  Amelia lives in the country and her brother sends her to spend a season with her cousin Zora in order to find a respectable husband.  Once she gets there she finds herself in a forbidden romance with someone below her station and discovers by mistake that she sees visions of the future once she looks into the sun, or her element fire.  This was such a good book for any age starting around intermediate ages.  The romance during this era was so passionate but appropriate.  Nothing like you hear today.  I will definitely be looking into the companion novel for this one and anything else that Saundra has written!  Very happy reading with this one!

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