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A review by cakt1991
Blacksmith Brides: 4 Historical Stories by Angela K. Couch, Amanda Barratt, Pegg Thomas
4.0
This is another fairly solid anthology from Barbour Publishing. I love that, while they all feature blacksmith heroes, the settings run the gamut from the Revolutionary War to Victorian England to the Civil War to the Western US in the 1870s.
The last story, “A Malleable Heart” by Jennifer Uhlarik, is the most charming, with family at its core as well as romance, with Leah being a parental figure for her younger siblings, while connecting with the reclusive Bo. I also loved “Forgiving Forever” by Amanda Barratt, set in Cornwall, and I enjoyed seeing the Josiah and Elowyn come together and help each other heal. The greatest strength of Pegg Thomas’s “Forging Forever” was its historical detail, including featuring real historical figures, and the way the romance blossoms in the midst of the larger conflict.
I found “A Tempered Heart” by Angela K. Couch a bit questionable, given that the conflict between characters rested on their beliefs concerning slavery, an issue with points as described that may be historically accurate, but I don’t like the idea of a hero who’s not 100% against it in a book published in this day and age.
The last story, “A Malleable Heart” by Jennifer Uhlarik, is the most charming, with family at its core as well as romance, with Leah being a parental figure for her younger siblings, while connecting with the reclusive Bo. I also loved “Forgiving Forever” by Amanda Barratt, set in Cornwall, and I enjoyed seeing the Josiah and Elowyn come together and help each other heal. The greatest strength of Pegg Thomas’s “Forging Forever” was its historical detail, including featuring real historical figures, and the way the romance blossoms in the midst of the larger conflict.
I found “A Tempered Heart” by Angela K. Couch a bit questionable, given that the conflict between characters rested on their beliefs concerning slavery, an issue with points as described that may be historically accurate, but I don’t like the idea of a hero who’s not 100% against it in a book published in this day and age.