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For a Lifetime
by Gabrielle Meyer
Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ & 3/4 (4.75 stars - rounded up to 5 stars)
Read: May 2024
Format: paperback
Challenge Prompt: CNL’s #41 of 50 — “That includes sisters”
Book #50 of 2024: Another wonderful book in the amazing Timeless series! For some reason, stories with twins are really interesting to me. Throw in time-crossing abilities and it packs quite a punch!
Hope had my inner “Grrrr!” going at times but she definitely grew up, gained wisdom, and discovered sacrificial love throughout the story. Grace did as well but in subtler ways. She was the dependable rock. They both grew in their trust and faith even when faced with many difficult circumstances.
The Salem witch trials in the late 1600s are only something I’ve read about once before. Yet it is still heart-wrenching to read about. Side note: I didn’t realize that hygiene (in general) was so terrible at that time!
I also learned many things about the aviation and journalism scenes during the 1912 portion that I did not know before.
A small item: I did find that Part 1 was a bit dry and long in places. It seemed to be more about the townspeople than about the twins. That is why I rated this novel 4.75 stars, but rounded up to 5 for the rating system in place here.
For me personally, Part 2 was EPIC!!! The biggest twist to this book was one that I had *thought* was going to be the big twist in book 2!!! Part 2 was just brilliant in so many ways.
So many of the minor characters add even more to this book. The twins’ ‘father’, stepmother, and all the witch accusers make your skin crawl and really illuminate the evil that took place at the time in Salem.
‘Tis now that I must bid thee fare well, Goody—or mayhap?— Goodman Reader. I pray thou mayhap the good fortune to read this tale. (<<
Read: May 2024
Format: paperback
Challenge Prompt: CNL’s #41 of 50 — “That includes sisters”
Book #50 of 2024: Another wonderful book in the amazing Timeless series! For some reason, stories with twins are really interesting to me. Throw in time-crossing abilities and it packs quite a punch!
Hope had my inner “Grrrr!” going at times but she definitely grew up, gained wisdom, and discovered sacrificial love throughout the story. Grace did as well but in subtler ways. She was the dependable rock. They both grew in their trust and faith even when faced with many difficult circumstances.
The Salem witch trials in the late 1600s are only something I’ve read about once before. Yet it is still heart-wrenching to read about. Side note: I didn’t realize that hygiene (in general) was so terrible at that time!
I also learned many things about the aviation and journalism scenes during the 1912 portion that I did not know before.
A small item: I did find that Part 1 was a bit dry and long in places. It seemed to be more about the townspeople than about the twins. That is why I rated this novel 4.75 stars, but rounded up to 5 for the rating system in place here.
For me personally, Part 2 was EPIC!!! The biggest twist to this book was one that I had *thought* was going to be the big twist in book 2!!! Part 2 was just brilliant in so many ways.
So many of the minor characters add even more to this book. The twins’ ‘father’, stepmother, and all the witch accusers make your skin crawl and really illuminate the evil that took place at the time in Salem.
‘Tis now that I must bid thee fare well, Goody—or mayhap?— Goodman Reader. I pray thou mayhap the good fortune to read this tale. (<<