Perilous Proposal Book

A Perilous Proposal is the first book in the Carolina Cousins series which follows the Shenandoah Sisters series. I highly recommend reading the Shenandoah Sisters series first. Even if the author summarizes all four books fairly well along the way, it just wont be the same if the reader is not familiar with the characters and events of Shenandoah Sisters.

The book starts with Jeremiah's (Jake's) story. I really enjoyed getting to know this important character from Shenandoah Sisters, and the reader will also get to know some new characters along the way.
Then, the author retells the events of the three last books in the previous series mainly from Jeremiah's point of view. This was my favorite part of the book for sure. It was like reading "deleted scenes" of some of my favorite novels of all time.
As for the end, you'll have to read the book to find out. ;)

While the Shenandoah Sisters books used the first person narrative (Mayme was the one telling the story), A Perilous Proposal is told alternatively by a third person narrator, from Jeremiah's point of view, and Mayme's first person narration. This makes for some awkward passages where Mayme says she will tell the reader what Jeremiah was feeling or thinking at a certain time. Then, the narration switches back to the third person. It made me wonder if the third person narrator was still Mayme telling the story, but if so, she refers to herself in the third person... and the different text formatting to set the first person narration apart from the rest of the book would be useless.
The confusing narration is, however, the only think I didn't like from the book. The rest was just perfect! :)

I'm really looking forward to reading the second book, and I highly recommend A Perilous Proposal to anyone who enjoyed the Shenandoah Sisters series. It really is its sequel, so much so that I feel it could have been only one series instead of two. And if you haven't read the Shenandoah Sisters books yet, I recommend you start right away. ;)