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3.79 AVERAGE
At times this book really gripped me. But a lot of the time I was sort of just waiting for something to happen. Overall, it's a good book.
Living in Johnston County, North Carolina, or as it's known, JoCo,home of where many a moonshine gets made, I couldn't wait to dive into this book. This book is the second one I've read by Everhart, and her talent is as strong here as in the other one. She hooked me from page 1 and took me through a whirlwind of emotions and held me until the last page was reached.
Jessie Sasser witnessed a horrific tragedy at a very young age. That tragedy was a result of her family's livelihood, and it became the reasoning for her hate of the family's business. She's filled with insecurities, dealing with so much more than just her family. Suffering from my own insecurities and eating disorder many moons ago, I truly felt as if I had a connection with Jessie.
This is so much more than just a story of a moonshiner's daughter. It's an emotionally gripping, powerfully moving, page turning novel of a young woman coming of age. Heart wrenching, raw, and absolutely gritty, this is one novel written with epic proportions and details and you won't soon forget it. Do not delay. Grab this amazing novel up today and hang on for the ride of a lifetime.
*I received a complimentary copy of this book from Publisher and was under no obligation to post a review, positive or negative.*
Jessie Sasser witnessed a horrific tragedy at a very young age. That tragedy was a result of her family's livelihood, and it became the reasoning for her hate of the family's business. She's filled with insecurities, dealing with so much more than just her family. Suffering from my own insecurities and eating disorder many moons ago, I truly felt as if I had a connection with Jessie.
This is so much more than just a story of a moonshiner's daughter. It's an emotionally gripping, powerfully moving, page turning novel of a young woman coming of age. Heart wrenching, raw, and absolutely gritty, this is one novel written with epic proportions and details and you won't soon forget it. Do not delay. Grab this amazing novel up today and hang on for the ride of a lifetime.
*I received a complimentary copy of this book from Publisher and was under no obligation to post a review, positive or negative.*
I love Donna Everhart’s writing. Her books always leave me with many feelings. This one left me in tears. From the start to the end it’s a good story. Lots of history and family involved. Also the young girl in the book has an eating disorder. No one seems to notice this though.
After losing her mother Jessie Sasser swore she would have nothing to do with the moon shining business. She blamed it and her daddy for her mother’s death. She hated anything and everything to do with moon shining. He daddy was determined that she would help though and tried to make her understand that it was what kept them in a home and with food to eat. She didn’t want anything, not even the food, that came from moonshining though. To her it was pure evil.
Lots of things happen in this book that will keep you turning the pages. From family members turning on each other in ways that cost them plenty to kids being bullied in school. It was a very well written story and obviously well researched. I’m never disappointed in a book by this author and this one is possible my favorite one yet. It certainly made me cry in many places and laugh in a few too.
Most of the characters are so likable and so well developed. There are some you won’t like at all for obvious reasons. I absolutely loved Mrs Brewer. She was like the most helpful person to the Sasser children when they needed it most. The ending left me in big tears but it somehow seemed just right. This book held a bit of a mystery for a while but you will find answers too. I did at least.
Thank you to #NetGalley, #Kensington and #DonnaEverhart for this ARC. This is my own review.
I give it a huge 5 stars and a very high recommendation.
After losing her mother Jessie Sasser swore she would have nothing to do with the moon shining business. She blamed it and her daddy for her mother’s death. She hated anything and everything to do with moon shining. He daddy was determined that she would help though and tried to make her understand that it was what kept them in a home and with food to eat. She didn’t want anything, not even the food, that came from moonshining though. To her it was pure evil.
Lots of things happen in this book that will keep you turning the pages. From family members turning on each other in ways that cost them plenty to kids being bullied in school. It was a very well written story and obviously well researched. I’m never disappointed in a book by this author and this one is possible my favorite one yet. It certainly made me cry in many places and laugh in a few too.
Most of the characters are so likable and so well developed. There are some you won’t like at all for obvious reasons. I absolutely loved Mrs Brewer. She was like the most helpful person to the Sasser children when they needed it most. The ending left me in big tears but it somehow seemed just right. This book held a bit of a mystery for a while but you will find answers too. I did at least.
Thank you to #NetGalley, #Kensington and #DonnaEverhart for this ARC. This is my own review.
I give it a huge 5 stars and a very high recommendation.
I really wanted to love this book, but I just didn't. The book interweaves the illicit moonshine business and the struggle of battling an eating disorder. While I found the depiction of both to be faithful and well written, the climax and ending of the novel fell flat for me. I felt like the family members of the main character lacked any decent communication skills in order to deal with the mental and physical health issues of the main character. Which I guess could have been purposefully written that way, but why? All it did was make me hate like every character in the book.
While I understand that there is a lot of difficulty in talking about mental health issues especially during the time period of this book, I just felt that it was such a downer the way the book handled her eating disorder and the end of the book. Also, she would have likely suffered from passing out and other symptoms before straight up struggling with a heart condition. I just couldn't get over these points of the book and it made me kind of hate the book.
While I understand that there is a lot of difficulty in talking about mental health issues especially during the time period of this book, I just felt that it was such a downer the way the book handled her eating disorder and the end of the book. Also, she would have likely suffered from passing out and other symptoms before straight up struggling with a heart condition. I just couldn't get over these points of the book and it made me kind of hate the book.
Jessie Sasser hates what her father does. She hates that their name is associated with moonshine. She hates it all because it’s what killed her mother.
Jessie is determined to stop it all. The late night runs, the stills, the moonshine making. She just wants it to all go away and have her father, her brother, and herself live a normal life. First, she must determine how to stop her father from making the moonshine and make sure the Murry family falls to blame. The rivals of their family.
The Moonshiner’s Daughter was an excellent read! I couldn’t put it down! It is a revamped spin on the Hatfield and McCoy rivalry and held my attention the entire time.
Running through the woods, dodging rogue neighbors, sipping shine, and avoiding the revenuers, this book will give you a wild ride in the backwoods with the Sasser family. I highly recommend this one!
TW: Eating Disorder, Alcohol Abuse, Murder, Loss of a Parent.
Jessie is determined to stop it all. The late night runs, the stills, the moonshine making. She just wants it to all go away and have her father, her brother, and herself live a normal life. First, she must determine how to stop her father from making the moonshine and make sure the Murry family falls to blame. The rivals of their family.
The Moonshiner’s Daughter was an excellent read! I couldn’t put it down! It is a revamped spin on the Hatfield and McCoy rivalry and held my attention the entire time.
Running through the woods, dodging rogue neighbors, sipping shine, and avoiding the revenuers, this book will give you a wild ride in the backwoods with the Sasser family. I highly recommend this one!
TW: Eating Disorder, Alcohol Abuse, Murder, Loss of a Parent.
**4.5 stars**
I received an ARC of this book a while back, but never had the time to read it (one of the few good things that has come out of this quarantine). I was genuinely surprised by how much I liked this book- usually, I prefer YA Fantasy over Historical Fiction, but this was a game-changer.
Setting: It was historically accurate (the locations of the stills are real places, and so is Wilkesboro - it's near Stone Mountain State Park in North Carolina).
WARNING - Spoilers in the next paragraph (though they I don't think they give away any plot, but...)
Characters: Jesse Sasser is a no-self-esteem kind of girl that has an eating disorder and mental problems regarding her weight. She is relatable to some teenage girls out there. Her brother, _, is a real trooper (with the missing arm and everything). Her father is someone to look up to. Her mother was made out to be proud and kind. Her aunt, cousin, and uncle . . . I can't write what I called them in my head. Just know that if they were related to me, they would probably be *slides finger over throat*.
WARNING - Spoilers about ending
However, I was confused about the ending which is the only reason why I gave this 4.5 stars and not 5. Did Jesse die? Car accident? Heart attack? However, the author might've added this information on later, because, again I say, I received an ARC.
I received an ARC of this book a while back, but never had the time to read it (one of the few good things that has come out of this quarantine). I was genuinely surprised by how much I liked this book- usually, I prefer YA Fantasy over Historical Fiction, but this was a game-changer.
Setting: It was historically accurate (the locations of the stills are real places, and so is Wilkesboro - it's near Stone Mountain State Park in North Carolina).
WARNING - Spoilers in the next paragraph (though they I don't think they give away any plot, but...)
Characters: Jesse Sasser is a no-self-esteem kind of girl that has an eating disorder and mental problems regarding her weight. She is relatable to some teenage girls out there. Her brother, _, is a real trooper (with the missing arm and everything). Her father is someone to look up to. Her mother was made out to be proud and kind. Her aunt, cousin, and uncle . . . I can't write what I called them in my head. Just know that if they were related to me, they would probably be *slides finger over throat*.
WARNING - Spoilers about ending
However, I was confused about the ending which is the only reason why I gave this 4.5 stars and not 5. Did Jesse die? Car accident? Heart attack? However, the author might've added this information on later, because, again I say, I received an ARC.
Set in the 1960s of North Carolina, Jessie Sasser comes from a line of moonshiners and moonshining essentially runs through their veins. When Jessie was four years old, she watched her mother burn to death from an accident with the stills. Her father refuses to discuss what happened. Now Jessie is torn with the tradition and stake her family has in moonshine business and the profits that put food on their table.
This story is an incredible coming of age story that is raw and full of grit. I loved following Jessie and her inner strength. Jessie battles with an eating disorder, which affects her vision of her appearance and self-esteem. The author did a fantastic job of approaching this topic in a tasteful manner that doesn’t feel like Jessie’s condition was placed into the plot for argument’s sake.
It was clear that this was a well researched novel with characters that really make this story come to life. Overall, if you love a good family drama that also dapples in historical fiction with a taste of the south then definitely pick this one up!
Thank you to Kensington Books and the author for providing a review copy. Thank you to Suzy from Suzy Approved Book Tours for my tour invite. This did not influence my review. All opinions are my own.
This story is an incredible coming of age story that is raw and full of grit. I loved following Jessie and her inner strength. Jessie battles with an eating disorder, which affects her vision of her appearance and self-esteem. The author did a fantastic job of approaching this topic in a tasteful manner that doesn’t feel like Jessie’s condition was placed into the plot for argument’s sake.
It was clear that this was a well researched novel with characters that really make this story come to life. Overall, if you love a good family drama that also dapples in historical fiction with a taste of the south then definitely pick this one up!
Thank you to Kensington Books and the author for providing a review copy. Thank you to Suzy from Suzy Approved Book Tours for my tour invite. This did not influence my review. All opinions are my own.
I received this from Netgalley.com for a review.
Generations of Sassers have made moonshine in the Brushy Mountains of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Resenting her father’s insistence that moonshining runs in her veins, Jessie makes a plan to destroy the stills, using their neighbors as scapegoats. Instead, her scheme escalates an old rivalry and reveals long-held grudges.
I liked this story and recommend it to lovers of Southern historical fiction. This would make for a great group or book club read. There is also a "Reading Group Guide" with questions included in the back.
3.25 stars
Generations of Sassers have made moonshine in the Brushy Mountains of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Resenting her father’s insistence that moonshining runs in her veins, Jessie makes a plan to destroy the stills, using their neighbors as scapegoats. Instead, her scheme escalates an old rivalry and reveals long-held grudges.
I liked this story and recommend it to lovers of Southern historical fiction. This would make for a great group or book club read. There is also a "Reading Group Guide" with questions included in the back.
3.25 stars
"The only memory I have of Mama, she was on fire." Thus begins the first person account of Jessie Sasser, an "angsty" teenager who comes from a multi-generational family of moonshiners in North Carolina. She's not a bit happy about that. She doesn't want to spend her life the way her daddy and brother have, running from the law and the competition. The question is, what can she do about it, if anything? I was riveted from that first jarring sentence. And by the end of that chapter, I was hooked. It defines the whole story, but it's only the tip of the iceberg. Donna Everhart has woven a poignant tale that will tug at your heart in unexpected ways, from beginning to end. You will care about all the characters whether you love or hate them. And I've got a strong feeling this story will be one that stays with me for a long, long time. Do yourself a favor. Read this one. (I was given an advance copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.)
For my full review, please follow the link below:
https://www.bookwormadventuregirl.com/post/the-moonshiner-s-daughter-by-donna-everhart
https://www.bookwormadventuregirl.com/post/the-moonshiner-s-daughter-by-donna-everhart