A Bride Most Begrudging Book

This book intrigued me because it sounds a lot like To Have and to Hold: A Tale of Providence and Perseverance in Colonial Jamestown. The basic plot does has a lot of similarities, but they are still very different.

I tried to like this book, but it was hard to take it seriously. 2 1/2 stars.

Here are some of my thoughts while reading:

Lady Constance calls herself "Lady Morrow" at one point. Why can't Christian historical fiction authors do basic research on proper titles and forms of address!

"Lifting her hands above her head, she leaned her face toward the heavens and twirled in a circle." ' In context, this struck me as very odd behavior.

Constance refers to Drew as "this O'Connor person" ' That doesn't sound like 17th century language, does it? Also, Drew is an anachronistic name.

"Lady Hannah Eastlick" ' another anachronistic name (for her class)

Everyone has a middle names, which is very anachronistic.

"What all were you taught?" Seriously, Drew?

Constance's older sisters were married at ages twelve and thirteen. I question the historically accuracy of that.

The sisters are named Leoma, Arietta, Kristina, Doreen, and Jocelyn. Hahahaha! Is it really that hard to choose historically accurate names?

"God ye good den" ' what in the world does that mean?? [apparently it means "Good day" but it was never explained]

Drew considers building a schoolhouse for the children and letting his wife be the teacher. I'm pretty sure that never would have been allowed.

Oh my word, there is a character named Kendra! I can't believe this. LOL

Umm, the word "okay" did not exist back then.