Through posses chasing the Harpes through rugged terrain of backwoods 1790's Tennesse and Kentucky to bring these men to justice, countless men were determined to stop their reign. But the goodness of Ben Langford and Sally's good friend, Rachel, never gave up on these women, even if it was revenge in a matter of speaking. The way Big and Little Harpe took, married, and really used these women is beyond comprehensible. The lives of Susan, Betsy, and Sally Harpe were terrible, horrifying, mind-boggling, and sympathetic all at the same time, the things they endured cannot be imagined. To think people could be this cruel in today's age, because we know this kind of thing takes place today from the news, but to think it happened all those years ago too. With even a dour subject of the Harpe Brothers, Shannon McNear gave insight to a time in American history few have heard about, albeit very difficult in Christian terms. Overall, a story that probably is worth more stars for the writing style and historical research, but given the emotional work it took to get through, I'm leaving it at three stars/good. Also, it annoyed me that a character would say a prayer using the term "by all that's holy" a couple times because that is just too close to swearing to be comfortable for me. I ended up switching to the ebook partway. In the hard copy they are in italics but in the audio they are said like speech, so it makes the short prayers sound like swearing. There was one gripe with the audio because the prayers are not broken out very well. It made it feel like a real trip into the past. I really loved the attention to detail in the speech and actions of the time and I loved the vivid description of the frontier and frontier life. And to think her story is true and really was that horrific! (Or even more so) Rachel was a good lead but honestly Sally turned out to be the most memorable lead.
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Some folks try to say there weren't true serial killers before the Victorian era and this historical tale smashes that idea to bits. I really liked that it was so true to the historical account and I am glad to have learned about this era in American history. While I appreciated the author's handling of the history in this story, and her ability to spin a good tale, I was honestly so repulsed by the serial killer subject matter that it won't become a favorite book. When this homeschooling mom isn't cooking, researching, or leaking story from her fingertips, she enjoys being outdoors, basking in the beauty of the northern prairies. Transplanted to North Dakota after more than two decades in Charleston, South Carolina, she loves losing herself in local history. She writes regularly for Colonial Quills, is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Faith-Hope-Love Christian Writers, and is represented by Tamela Hancock Murray of the Steve Laube Agency. Her first published novella, Defending Truth, in A Pioneer Christmas Collection (Barbour, 2013 & 2015), was a 2014 RITA® nominee, and her most recent one, The Wise Guy and the Star in Love's Pure Light was a 2021 SELAH winner. In the meantime, she graduated from high school, attended college, met and married her husband, birthed nine children, lost one, taught five to drive, revised that first story innumerable times, and completed six others.
Shannon has been writing one thing or another since third grade and finished her first novel at age fifteen-but waited more than thirty years for her first book contract.
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