A little earlier today
I shared my review of The Petticoat Letters with you all
here on the blog. If you missed it you can find it here. In that, I talked a
lot about the main character Nora Bishop, about my perception of her
personality, her situation and the story. I only briefly mentioned her male
counterpart Alexander Foster.
I adore both of these
characters.
Nora is a woman worthy
of admiration in any time period, during the late 1700’s in colonial America –
she’s exceptional.
And Alex? Every time
he’s on the page I find something more to like about him.
“Battle, Nora. We are about to
engage in battle. Hurry up!”
“What are you going to do?” I said, standing up. My heart raced as fast
as some of the horses I spied.
“I’m going to head south with the rest of the Rangers and three other
companies of the Virginia Continentals. We’re going to flank the British on the
right.”
“I don’t give a damn about battle tactics! You mean you’re going to
fight.” Hysteria rose in my voice, and I wrung my hands in front of me.
Perspiration dotted my forehead. The only person I felt safe with in the camp
was leaving me. What happened if he died? What would I do? How would I get
home?
“It’s war, Nora. Of course I’m going to fight.”
- The
Petticoat Letters, excerpt from chapter
5
He’s courageous,
strong, stubborn, intelligent, and has a sense of humour that comes out
occasionally in bursts of dry wit and salacious quips. He’s honestly a good man
doing what he thinks is right and I couldn’t help but truly like him.
“Petticoat letters? I like it.
You know, it isn’t everyday a woman has something she wants to give me that’s up
her skirts,” Alex said, grinning wide again.
-
The
Petticoat Letters, excerpt from chapter 17
Fairly often when I’m
reading, especially if I know I’m going to do a write up about the story, I’ll
jot down notes to myself while I read. Sometimes I find I have a lot to say
about the “bad guy” in books. Not so for The Petticoat Letters. One line
pretty much sums up my feelings on him this time.
Have I adequately illustrated
how much I love this book? Yes? No? Here’s one last thing then, because it so
rarely happens.
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