That’s a lot of what kept me engaged, because the plot was a bit lacking. Because frontier life is so different than my modern life, just reading about their everyday life and how difficult it was tended to be interesting. Plot/Setting: The setting is such a huge part of this book, and it was so well-done. And Keturah? So much potential, but she was hardly ever in there. (Sorry again, but that plotline annoys me.) She was actually kind of fun, though, because she was always scheming over how to get the MCs together.

And Aunt Hester, the resident spinster who has to remind people that they must marry or they will be miserable like her.

And of course, Maddie and Jude were nice additions to the cast. The side characters were lovely – Ross was such a great guy! The other brothers got a little scrambled in my mind, but I wish Jasper had gotten a bit more resolution. I didn’t feel like I knew him that well, and what I did know, was a very average hero who was tall and fearsome and rugged. (I may have missed something here.) I think it was because he was such a great fighter or something? Anyway, I wish we had gotten some more action with him. Somehow, he was the colonel of this fort that was somehow named after him. I feel like he had all of these secrets in his past, but we never really got to hear about them at all. I really wish we could’ve gotten more info on his time with the Lenape and just about his background in general. (Sorry again.) He just seemed like the normal frontiersman hero dude.

She was my favorite character! Now, Clay … he was kind of a common man. No, it wasn’t easy, but she did what she had to unflinchingly in the face of danger and disease and difficulty. I think she was a really good representation of a lot of historical ladies who actually lived on the frontier in the 1700s. She did what she had to in the wilderness. She tended the ferry, cooked, cleaned, gardened … she was a hardworking lady. However, she worked hard and wasn’t afraid to get her hands dirty with her brothers. Sorry, but I had to.) I thought she was had a well-rounded character – she loved fancy things, like a lace petticoat, and longed to live in a more civilized area. She wasn’t like a lot of historical heroines. As I dug into this book, I found it slightly similar, however, much better in some ways!Ĭharacters: Tessa. I picked up this book because some Goodreads friends had recommended it, but I was a little scared from my experience with The Colonel’s Lady. As my second Laura Frantz book, An Uncommon Woman was approached with a bit of baggage.

The Colonel's Lady by Laura Frantz