Be Not Afraid

Between 4 and 5 stars. This novella has been on my TBR list for a couple of years, and I'm so glad I finally read it. It's a very straightforward story, and I found the happy ending really heartwarming. I have not read many books set during the Revolutionary War, so I liked the novelty of that. I was surprised at how easy it was for me to get caught up in Elijah's idealism about the promise of America.

My only criticism is that the writing style is a little bit stilted, which took me out of the story a few times. But I haven't noticed that problem in this author's other work at all, so maybe this was one of her first published stories, or maybe I'm just grumpy.

Overall, this is a good and comforting read.