Freedom's Light

FTC DISCLOSURE: I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley. A positive review was NOT required. These are my honest opinions.

The beginning of this book swept me into the Revolutionary War time period. Unfortunately, the book lost my interest once the lead male began using profanity. He wasn't the only one to do so, either. And the expletives! They came almost regularly in the second half of the book.

This homosexual comment was inexcusable for the Christian genre: “Birch, are you a lover of men instead of women?” It felt wrong for the time period as well. This comment is the reason this book didn't even get two stars from me.

While I thought, from the back-cover copy, that Hannah was to be the lead, her sister Lydia completely stole the show with her obsessive, bold, and immature personality. Galen also took over the main male perspective with his psychopathy. Neither character were likable, so the plot became a real struggle for me when it became clear the story was more about them than Hannah and Birch.

I also really had a difficult time with all the sexual content. This story was saturated in it, featuring unwed sex and pregnancy and lewd comments and lost reputations and mistresses. It's been a long time since I have read a story that made me feel this dirty when I was finished with it.

Of course, this line didn't help at all, as it was gross and very dirty-minded: “Nevertheless, he enjoyed the press of her lithe young body and only grudgingly let her go.”

I really hope someone gets something good out of this book, because I had a hard time digging through all the sludge to unbury it.

I did like Hannah, though. She stuck to her moral code throughout the story, and I loved her protective heart. If it weren't for the weighty amount of other things that bothered me, I would have given the book another star just because she was such an enjoyable character.

Rating: 1 star