Mrs. Mike
by Nancy Mars Freedman and Benedict FreedmanReview by Cindy Bohn of Digging up Bohns
There is something so satisfying about reading a really good love story. The trouble is that there are so few really good stories out there! I don't want just mush; I don't want steamy sex scenes; I don't want 'inspirational' muck. I want great characters; I want a struggle somewhere; I want an amazing conclusion that makes me want to shout. Is that too much to ask?
Yes. Most of the time. But this book delivered all of that and more. It gave me a great setting so real that I would recognize it if I saw it. It gave me great secondary characters. It made me cry. It offered some real drama and excitement.
This book is historical fiction, set in the 1800s in the Canadian wilderness. It takes our main characters from that first attraction, to their honeymoon, and the difficult trial they have to face as a couple. I was by turns amazed, heartbroken, and entertained, again and again. I loved watching the characters grow and mature in their relationship and in themselves.
If you have, like me, somehow overlooked this story of Katherine Mary, formerly of Boston, and Sergeant Mike Flanagan of the RCMP, and if you want a really good love story, then race to the nearest library or bookstore and pick this one up. You will be glad you did.
I just read this last week and loved it! I'm so glad I found your blog.
ReplyDeleteI have always loved this book! I read it for the first time when I was in middle school. Thanks for reminding me that I should read it again.
ReplyDeleteThis was a favorite of mine when I was a teenager. I also loved that it was a true story, though it does have a very bitter sweet ending.
ReplyDeleteI loved this book, too, and you are so right about wanting a really quality love story with out all the silliness of what people think love is about. This book really shows the commitment, sacrifice and hardship of real love and that is very appealing and encouraging to me. This book also spurred me on to want to read more about Alaska. Great review!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this book also. Enough to buy the sequel which is sitting on the shelf. I hope it is as fun to read.
ReplyDeleteI loved this too. A friend loaned it to me, and my two oldest daughters also read it. Now my 3rd daughter is reading it. The copy we have borrowed and re-borrowed from our friend is so old that I worry it will die while it is in our possession, so I finally ordered a copy from Amazon for our very own. I also ordered a second copy, to give to my loaning friend, so she can keep it or loan it, without fear that it will die in someone else's care.... Amazon had great prices!
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