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Morning Song

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This is a wonderful read! Anyone who enjoys historical romance novels is recommended to read this book. It has a perfect balance of love, deceit, trust, and sympathetic characters.

When I read Cates' previous book, Gather the Stars, I loved it. A noble (character-wise) hero who was kind, gentle, romantic; a likeable heroine. So I was expecting something just as good from Morning Song. And, yes, the stories are similar...too similar.
Cates simply rehashes the same plot, different setting. Toward the end of the book there was even an incident that was exactly the same - identical - to an incident at the same point in Gather the Stars.
Also, this author's phrasing became extremely annoying. First Austen is astonishingly handsome, then dauntingly handsome, then breath-stealingly handsome...and she does this over and over again. Alright already, we get it, he's handsome! If I had to read one more time how handsome Austen was, I was ready to scream. Another word, "thunderation" just made me laugh.

Inconistencies were a problem, too. One example is that Austen notices Hannah's "full bosom" (paraphrased). She is supposedly half-starved after trudging for miles. She is also described as "so thin". One would conclude that she must be emaciated; therefore, how likely would it be that a woman in this condition and under these circumstances would have such a "full bosom"? Not very.

This could have been a great book, if the author had put forth a little effort. She must have been under pressure from the publisher to crank out the next novel. Too bad...

I really loved this novel! From the start you were pulled into the plot as if you were there with each character and my favorite part has to be when Hannah falls a sleep and wakes up with an ink stain on her face and then Dante's reaction to it. This book is definetly worth keeping on the bedside table for a future read or re-read. Enjoy!

I have read most of Kimerly Cates work and this is definatly one of her best. The characters are warm and endearing, even Austen shows his true colors from almost the begining. Read it, you won't be disappointed!

Best series I've read....But then again, I'm a bit of a sentimental fool....Can't wait for Lily Fair to come out.