Steadfast Heart

First disappointment of the year. Really couldn't get into this at all. It felt shallow and underdone. It's the sort of stereotypical “Christian fiction” genre style that I've complained about often in the past, and if I hadn't read a Tracie Peterson book in the past, I probably wouldn't pick up another.
I read the first third and then skimmed. The heroine falls in love instantly, the hero surprisingly does too, they talk a little and get engaged. She nearly swoons multiple times in mere excitement of being near him.
However, it's never really mentioned what she admires about him other than his faith and his ability to make her feel like fainting.
The POV changes were disconcerting. One minute it would be telling us what someone would be thinking; the next, going only by actions.
Since when is astronomy a “dark science”? Umm...not since the Middle Ages. Did she mean astrology?
And the continual limbs/legs thing was like nails on a chalkboard. No, polite society did not speak of limbs. I have many, many period fiction books of the time period that prove this! The whole “so polite they speak only of limbs” thing was an exaggeration to prove a point, not a historical fact.
I won't go on. This was a big let down for me, after yesterday's fabulous story that I want to leave the perfect review for. It was half baked and there was no atmosphere. When I read historical fiction, I want to find atmosphere and history and historically-accurate details and descriptions. If you like escapist fluff, then fine. But when characters say things without explanation, that's not history. I don't feel like Googling what a Mugwump was tonight. It should be explained if it is to be included.