The Davenports

Thanks to @hearourvoicestours for the finished copy and selecting me for this tour! I waited waaayyy too long to jump on The Davenports train!!! 💛    This was a great YA historical romance, and I believe is my very first historical romance read.    It took me a bit to get into the flow of this book with the back and forth between our main FMCs. As we get really get into the defining feats of each character the story begins to pick up!    I did grow a slight (very slight) ick to Ruby in the beginning, but I did grow to appreciate her.    Olivia definitely surprised me with the activism route, but truly loved how she stuck to it. She definitely had her doubts, and her worries about how this would reflect on her family.    Helen and Amy Rose were my absolute faves and I did find myself kinda rushing past the other characters chapters to get to theirs because of how much I loved them and their story line.    The romance for me didn't hit like I thought it would, but only because at the end of the day I wanted to see all these girls succeed! Don't get me wrong the romance was cute and sweet, BUT I wanted Olivia to build up her community and fight for equal rights! I want Amy-Rose to continue to fight for her dreams of owning a salon. I want Helen to fight for her place among her father's company with her innovative ideas. Shoot even though Ruby was not my favorite I wanted her to stand up to her parents, and choose a path in life that was best for her.   The Davenports did end on a cliffhanger, but we are getting a sequel! I'm excited to see how the story progresses with all of the girls.