"...LILA’S VOW is a sweetly seducing love story that impeccably weaves into it the grizzly aspects of war with the political scheming of the era. There have been a myriad of stories and movies that have depicted the Battle of Gettysburg, but few really lay bare the devastation that was left in the actual town of Gettysburg. Through Lila’s eyes, the reader is given a privileged view of how beautiful her town once was, and how years and years later, remnants of the devastating battle still lingered.
Arguably the turning point of the Civil War, battles continued to rage on after Gettysburg for another two years. Ms. Wylie nicely emphasizes through Jack traumatic hardships the difficulties of not only being separated from your loved ones, but also the harrowing nature of a war with seemingly no end. Battle scenes are not just about killing rebels or Yankees, it’s also about the dreadful ease of taking a life, and the remorse of a battle’s aftermath.
LILA’S VOW reads authentically well, leaving the reader sweetly sated when the happy-ever-after eventually (and thankfully) arrives."
Reviewed by Chris at Romance Junkies
http://romancejunkiesreviews.com/artman/publish/historical/Lila_s_Vow.shtml
Arguably the turning point of the Civil War, battles continued to rage on after Gettysburg for another two years. Ms. Wylie nicely emphasizes through Jack traumatic hardships the difficulties of not only being separated from your loved ones, but also the harrowing nature of a war with seemingly no end. Battle scenes are not just about killing rebels or Yankees, it’s also about the dreadful ease of taking a life, and the remorse of a battle’s aftermath.
LILA’S VOW reads authentically well, leaving the reader sweetly sated when the happy-ever-after eventually (and thankfully) arrives."
Reviewed by Chris at Romance Junkies
http://romancejunkiesreviews.com/artman/publish/historical/Lila_s_Vow.shtml
You just have to love a review like that!!!
~Diane
