Genre:
Historical
Historical
Between Two Shores
by Jocelyn Green
| -From Goodreads- The daughter of a Mohawk mother and French father in 1759 Montreal, Catherine Duval finds it is easier to remain neutral in a world that is tearing itself apart. Content to trade with both the French and the British, Catherine is pulled into the fray against her wishes when her British ex-fiance, Samuel Crane, is taken prisoner by her father. Samuel asks her to help him escape, claiming he has information that could help end the war. Peace appeals to Catherine, but helping the man who broke her heart does not. She delays . . . until attempts on Samuel's life convince her he's in mortal danger. Against her better judgment she helps him flee by river, using knowledge of the landscape to creep ever closer to freedom. Their time together rekindles feelings she thought long buried, and danger seems to hound their every mile. She's risked becoming a traitor by choosing a side, but will the decision cost her even more than she anticipated? ISBN-13: 9780764219085 Will she lose everything...or finally find it? I have to confess that this is one of the times that I'm not really sure where to start. I really ran the gamut of emotions while reading Between Two Shores and sometimes I almost had a love-hate thing going on. But you know what? To me, that is a sign of a truly gifted author. And I firmly believe that Jocelyn Green IS a VERY gifted author. I've read nearly every one of her historical novels and I can't seem to get enough of them. |  This Book received a 4.5 Bark rating.
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I actually read Between Two Shores while on a 3,000 mile train ride so I had a lot of time to ponder this story, both the historical aspects and the fictional characters. To say that I was impressed would be an understatement. Jocelyn Green took various threads of the Canadian theatre of the French & Indian War, events that I'd read about in my school history books, and little known facts and wove them into a truly heart-wrenching story that the reader won't soon forget. This book was truly a historical novel, not a historical romance in any way, bringing to life some of the darkest days of the prior to the Revolution in such a way that they become very real to the reader.
How did I feel after finishing Between Two Shores? Very mixed, my heart was torn for people dead over 250 years ago and for characters that never existed, and yet living now in the 21st century I also felt proud of those who struggled through blood and darkness and would later found the United States and eventually our next door neighbor Canada. Jocelyn Green is truly a master of her craft and her stories are an inspiring reminder of faith,hope, and the strength of the human spirit down through history.
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives Between Two Shores by Jocelyn Green a 4.5 Bark rating.
How did I feel after finishing Between Two Shores? Very mixed, my heart was torn for people dead over 250 years ago and for characters that never existed, and yet living now in the 21st century I also felt proud of those who struggled through blood and darkness and would later found the United States and eventually our next door neighbor Canada. Jocelyn Green is truly a master of her craft and her stories are an inspiring reminder of faith,hope, and the strength of the human spirit down through history.
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives Between Two Shores by Jocelyn Green a 4.5 Bark rating.
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