Troublesome Creek Book

Troublesome Creek by Jan Watson
Genre: Historical Fiction, Christian Fiction
Format: Kindle
Timeframe: Late 1800s
Location: Hills of Kentucky
Characters:
Copper Brown: Main character, AKA Laura Grace Brown
Will and Grace Brown: father and step-mother
Willy and Danny: younger twin brothers
John Pelfrey: Childhood frienda intent on marrying Copper
Remy: Young albino girl hiding out from her father alone, trusted no one

I hadn't realized when I chose this book that I had ever read a Jan Watson book before. But I was pleasantly surprised that I had given Skip Rock Shallows five stars years ago. Also I read in the blurb that Troublesome Creek was her debut novel, so I didn't expect much. Well, I underestimated this new author. She packed a punch!

Troublesome Creek is Copper Brown's home, her true love, the place she never wants to leave, no matter how much her step-mom wants to see her get a "proper lady" education at a boarding school. That was just not going to happen, even if it meant running away.

Copper is a 14 year old who simply wants to stay a kid and watch out after her young twin brothers, and always keep the simple life with an adoring father and only-mother-she's-ever-known. Life is full of chores, but it's also full of beauty and love and familiarity. But, much to her dismay, she's growing up, and things have a way of changing.

I loved this book. It's sweet and interesting as well. I so enjoyed the characters, from her lighthearted father, to her sweet adventurous brothers, to her childhood friends. The book included another storyline that was quite interesting about an albino girl who lived by herself, hiding from her daddy in a cave above Troublesome Creek, not far from the graveyard where her real mother was buried. The story of her mother's death, and how her step-mother (her natural mother's sister) came to be with them was great too.

I am really looking forward to more books by Jan Watson.