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A review by bookishmiss
Dawn's Untrodden Green by Carolyn Miller
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
This is the ninth of Carolyn Miller's novels I have read, and (I fear) I may not be able to do it justice in this review, as I devoured most of Dawn's Untrodden Green in one day.
I will need to re-read this novel at a slower pace to review it well, but in the meantime I can say...
The third and final novel in the Regency Wallflowers series, Dawn's Untrodden Green is a story I enjoyed. The Regency Wallflowers series is perhaps my favourite series out of all those of Ms Miller's I have read to date, A Legacy of Grace and A Promise of Hope being the other two series, each comprising three novels.
With all being openly Christian novels, I felt as though Dawn's Untrodden Green was, perhaps, not quite as deep emotionally as Midnight's Budding Morrow or Dusk's Darkest Shores. But, having read the Author's Note at the end of this novel, she does indicate she found it necessary for this final novel in the series to be a little more light hearted in tone, after exploring some heavy topics in the previous novels.
As with her other novels, Dawn's Untrodden Green is a story I found encouraging as a person of Christian faith - including the exploration of the impact "little sins" can have on us when we try to justify them, or not acknowledge them at all. As I contemplate this thought now, I think my opening sentence was perhaps correct - I may not be doing this novel justice, because of how quickly I read it. Thinking now about those "little sins" we can try to downplay, perhaps this novel is just as deep emotionally as Ms Miller's other works. The focus on those so-called "little sins" as opposed to the sins considered "big", the unassuming personalities of both Captain Daniel Balfour and Theodosia Stapleton, and the quiet life Theodosia leads meant this story contained less drama. Less drama externally, that is, not necessarily less internal drama in the hearts and minds of the characters.
Another good read. Endearing characters, and an encouraging story for readers who enjoy Christian fiction, with reminders of the forgiveness and salvation we have in Christ.
I will need to re-read this novel at a slower pace to review it well, but in the meantime I can say...
The third and final novel in the Regency Wallflowers series, Dawn's Untrodden Green is a story I enjoyed. The Regency Wallflowers series is perhaps my favourite series out of all those of Ms Miller's I have read to date, A Legacy of Grace and A Promise of Hope being the other two series, each comprising three novels.
With all being openly Christian novels, I felt as though Dawn's Untrodden Green was, perhaps, not quite as deep emotionally as Midnight's Budding Morrow or Dusk's Darkest Shores. But, having read the Author's Note at the end of this novel, she does indicate she found it necessary for this final novel in the series to be a little more light hearted in tone, after exploring some heavy topics in the previous novels.
As with her other novels, Dawn's Untrodden Green is a story I found encouraging as a person of Christian faith - including the exploration of the impact "little sins" can have on us when we try to justify them, or not acknowledge them at all. As I contemplate this thought now, I think my opening sentence was perhaps correct - I may not be doing this novel justice, because of how quickly I read it. Thinking now about those "little sins" we can try to downplay, perhaps this novel is just as deep emotionally as Ms Miller's other works. The focus on those so-called "little sins" as opposed to the sins considered "big", the unassuming personalities of both Captain Daniel Balfour and Theodosia Stapleton, and the quiet life Theodosia leads meant this story contained less drama. Less drama externally, that is, not necessarily less internal drama in the hearts and minds of the characters.
Another good read. Endearing characters, and an encouraging story for readers who enjoy Christian fiction, with reminders of the forgiveness and salvation we have in Christ.