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It just makes it easier as it applies to all the books.
I began this series with the Redeeming series. As I began the first book I wasn’t so sure I would like it. The ONLY reason being I am not religious and this book has a lot of religious overtones. Which are in the description, and that’s my own “hang-up” and has nothing to do with the author or story line. With that being said, I really enjoy books that take place in the 1800’s and these are the types of story lines I enjoy reading. So I kept reading. So I do read a lot of ‘Christian’ Historical Romance books because of that factor. However, I was religious in my youth and still have very close friends that are exactly like the characters in these books. So that part is very accurate and I respect that. I got to the end of the first book and I was hooked.!!! I loved the fact that this series kept with the same people and you really got to know them and it just sucks you right in.
The ONLY thing I didn’t like was the fact that the author used common and modern words and phrases. It would have been much better if the author had looked for what really might have been said then in terms of phrases but also certain words. I normally highlight these things so I can go back should I want to write a review, but with this book I didn’t do that. So I can’t go back to the phrases, but there are words that stick out in my memory. Boyfriend, mom, handcuffs… things like that. I have discontinued reading a few historical romance books with in the first few chapters because the author was using modern words. But I didn’t feel the ones used were a deal breaker as it felt a lot more authentic to the time than a few slip ups.
The other thing I found slightly irritating, and I am by far the grammar police…. But there were quite a number of places that a coma would have made it easier to read. I had to go back and re-read those sentences because they didn’t make much sense without the coma. As strange as that sounds, at least for me it was only a small issue. But there were some misspelled words, and I’m not a perfect speller by any means either. But a few other sentences didn’t make sense because words were left out. But it was easy to fill in those missing words and make sense of the sentence. I know this book most likely wasn’t professionally proofed and I respect that as well. I just wanted to mention those things for those that find these small issues a deal breaker. Sadly….. there are “those” out there that will rate a book a single star for a few such errors. I fully respect Indy (independent) authors and actually prefer the many books that I have read and enjoyed that are only e-books rather than books that have actually gone through a publisher, professionally proof-red and are in print as well as available in the e-book kindle format.
The one other thing that bugged me, which I actually see quite often is this. Maybe the author needs to do more research using children’s age appropriate speech as well as what they can and can and can-not do given their age. Having three kids of my own I find it slightly annoying. There were a number of these types of errors. In one place toddlers would be quoted as speaking almost perfect sentences then later they are quoted as speaking broken sentences with sounded out words and as if spoken with a youngsters’ type lisp as a toddler does when they are first learning to speak or has lost a tooth.
The last thing that I would make a suggestion for this author (or any other reading this) as I plan on reading any more of your historical work is to use a written time-line on a piece of paper. Have your dates and months and ages of children written down. As well as the ages of children when you say specifically x-x-x time has passed. I found the time-line to be WAY off in this series and was frustrating a few times. But again, not a deal breaker for me.
I did finish book 4 of this series after I read book 3. But given book 4 is a collaboration between two authors I wasn’t sure if I should read it after book 3 or go back and read the first three books of the Redemption series first. But I did what I did.
Going back to the timeline above, I found book 4 very confusing in terms of reading about characters that are in the Redemption series but you haven’t read that yet in reading book 4. My mother use to write down characters’ names on a piece of paper with a dash followed by who they are in relation to who. We have traded some books and her little cheat sheets were left in the books. I have done this a time or two in reading books, and a cheat sheet at the beginning would have made reading book 4 a lot easier, rather than wait for them to be explained. This is especially true with the two women that Tim lost in book 4 that is slightly written about in the beginning of the book. Sorry no spoiler as that is info written in the description. But in the end it all came out in the story line and was clearly explained, but in the beginning it was rather confusing. Just be aware of that if you do what I did and read book 4 before the first 3 books of the other series.
IF THE AUTHOR READS THIS, PLEASE UPDATE THE DESCRIPTION to let readers know the best order to read these two series as they are by two authors yet intermingle with characters a bit.
I’ve just a few chapters into the 1st book of the Redemption series and I wanted to make this review before I continue with this series because it’s by a different author. The same author in the collaboration book 4.
Knowing what I do know, I believe I wish I had read the Redemption series (even though I am just a few chapters into the 1st book) first before reading book 4. The only reason is because of the blend of the characters would have made it much easier to understand book 4.
After I was done with book 4 in a 5 book series I looked high and low for book 5. I couldn’t find it anywhere. At the end of book 4 there is an epilogue or rather a teaser into book 5. But I couldn’t find this book on the Author Sophie Dawson’s page. At the end of this teaser it says “To be continued in Redeeming Time: Book 5 of the Redemption series.”
Well if you are having issues finding this mysterious book 5 like I did, you might try the other authors page. George H McVey and the book is called Redeeming Character. At the point of writing this review I haven’t read this book yet, as I plan on reading the first three books of this series first. I haven’t decided if I am going to re-read book 4 or not. Time will tell…… But book 5 is the continuation of book 4, from what I gather reading the description and knowing what I do about how book 4 ends. But I want to learn more about these characters before I continue with book 5.
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