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A review by serinde4books
Halestorm by Becky Akers
3.0
This is a book I picked up from for free from Amazon, and I have decided instead of randomly reading these free books that I have no idea what they are about other than free to start at the A’s and work my way to the Z’s.
This book was better than I expected, it is about the American revolution and the only American Revolutionist hung for spying Nathan Hale, he is famous for his final words "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." This is novel that is full of love and conflict, murder and betrayal. From the beginning the reader knows Nathan dies, yet his character is still endeared to us and we find ourselves hoping fervently for a different ending. That speaks volumes to me of Akers writing skills, she was able to draw me in and keep me hooked through the whole book, in fact there were times that I couldn’t put it down. Now I’m sure Akers did her research, but I have no idea if the fats actually line up the way she said they did, but that is the fun of historical fiction right…take a story we know some about and flesh it out. This wasn’t so amazing that I am scouring for her other works, which I have no idea if she has any, but it was a good solid 3 star. The price at the kindle store has gone up from $0 to $2.99 and I would say, hey if you have $3 this is a pretty good read.
For full review see my blog: http://adventuresofabibliophile.blogspot.com/
This book was better than I expected, it is about the American revolution and the only American Revolutionist hung for spying Nathan Hale, he is famous for his final words "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." This is novel that is full of love and conflict, murder and betrayal. From the beginning the reader knows Nathan dies, yet his character is still endeared to us and we find ourselves hoping fervently for a different ending. That speaks volumes to me of Akers writing skills, she was able to draw me in and keep me hooked through the whole book, in fact there were times that I couldn’t put it down. Now I’m sure Akers did her research, but I have no idea if the fats actually line up the way she said they did, but that is the fun of historical fiction right…take a story we know some about and flesh it out. This wasn’t so amazing that I am scouring for her other works, which I have no idea if she has any, but it was a good solid 3 star. The price at the kindle store has gone up from $0 to $2.99 and I would say, hey if you have $3 this is a pretty good read.
For full review see my blog: http://adventuresofabibliophile.blogspot.com/