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A review by jennfgarcia
Traces of Mercy by Cindy Kelley, Jr. Michael Landon
4.0
This is a great story set during the Civil War or mostly after the war and the lingering hard feelings the war left on the people of the North and South.
Mercy, an amnesiac, was stuck between wanting to know her past and then trying to create a future. However, a chance meeting during the war reappeared in her life and, well, you'll have to read to see.
The story takes us through the feelings of the people and we are set in St. Louis with sights on the war's ending. Lincoln was murdered at the theatre, many people were dead, brothers pitted against brothers, and Johnson's not really withholding up the new changes. Things are a mess and we get to read all about it, but in a very subtle way. All of that is perfectly placed in the story as part of the scenery while things are going on with the main characters.
There are many characters in the story and they were all well done. I love Mercy and her warring with her past and present and possible future. She's good at heart but not sure where she belongs. Rand has a lot to deal with.
So the only downfall is I had no idea this was going to be part of a series when I requested it on Netgalley. Otherwise, I would have waited, and for good cause, because it ended in a very tense place. This doesn't take away from the book at all, just something I wish I would have known.
Mercy, an amnesiac, was stuck between wanting to know her past and then trying to create a future. However, a chance meeting during the war reappeared in her life and, well, you'll have to read to see.
The story takes us through the feelings of the people and we are set in St. Louis with sights on the war's ending. Lincoln was murdered at the theatre, many people were dead, brothers pitted against brothers, and Johnson's not really withholding up the new changes. Things are a mess and we get to read all about it, but in a very subtle way. All of that is perfectly placed in the story as part of the scenery while things are going on with the main characters.
There are many characters in the story and they were all well done. I love Mercy and her warring with her past and present and possible future. She's good at heart but not sure where she belongs. Rand has a lot to deal with.
So the only downfall is I had no idea this was going to be part of a series when I requested it on Netgalley. Otherwise, I would have waited, and for good cause, because it ended in a very tense place. This doesn't take away from the book at all, just something I wish I would have known.