INTO THE WILDERNESS (The Wilderness Series Book 1)

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I said (truly in jest) hey, I need a doctor over here for this boy with pneumonia, can I borrow Claire? As a woman who is nearly thirty, one would think she could figure out how to hold her hair back for the task. Overall, I think, I liked this part of the book best, when the story was sorting through these two completely different ways of living and raising children.

It just sucked the joy out of characters surviving horrible events only to die soon after of basic illness etc. Going into the book I thought that it could be fun, especially as I knew Diana Gabaldon had had some influence on Donati's writing (as Donati herself acknowledges in her Notes). I made the mistake of listening to someone say it was in the same vein as Outlander, which kind of ruined it for me at first.The clash of culture and race -- made even more interesting as a result of our hero being a white man raised by a Mohawk clan, and all the complexities surrounding his own struggle of finding his place and identity over the years -- in addition to a village full of personalities, beliefs and greed, result in this book being quite the melting pot of adventure, thrills, and agonies. It’s human nature to compare things, though, and there were some pretty heated discussions among readers about my work.

and into the heart of a forbidden, incandescent affair between a spinster Englishwoman and an American frontiersman. This is a fictional story filled with historical information and action-adventure along the lines of Diana Gabaldon (minus the paranormal bits). At the end of ‘Into the Wilderness’ I really couldn’t decide if there was any particular storyline – or if it was just a matter of character’s reacting to situations instead of acting. The wilderness of the setting is rich, the varied people (not just white and "red" but every colour) are vibrant, the culture is compelling, the love undeniable. We are an independent publisher and home of the Malcolm Down Publishing, Sarah Grace Publishing, and Grace and Down publishing imprints.There were plot twists that surprised me, although some threads took a bit too long to plow through. Elizabeth Middleton leaves her comfortable English estate to join her family in a remote New York mountain village. Then once in a while she’d show me something she was working on and I’d show her something I was working on. In addition to the fact that I can't help but be charmingly amused by Donati's reference to Outlander, I paid good money for a nice, long book.

Nathaniel’s hands tightened on her upper arms until she gave in and looked up, and then he held on to her gaze and refused to let her look away. I don’t want to give anything away, but events turn to Nathaniel and Elizabeth’s favour quite easily and neatly. I guess it is because Donati had the temerity to make a nod to Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series (with a short passage about a few of Outlander's characters).But it’s Hannah herself who must risk everything once more—this time to save Daniel, who’s been taken prisoner by the British. Poison for this reader because I was not entertained enough to ignore the mechanics and focus on the story. But despite a devastating personal loss, the Bonners persevere, with Hannah, Nathaniel’s half-Indian daughter, working as a doctor in training. The novel goes on and on and on and on for so long, and although I can't say I lost interest at any point (fortunately! The novel follows the adventures of Elizabeth and Nathaniel, as they elope, flee together into the Mohawk lands, and try to stay one step ahead of Nathaniel's arch-rival, Richard Todd.

Into the Wilderness is one of those rare stories that let you breathe the air of another time, and leave your footprints on the snow of a wild, strange place. Most of the main characters had long but defined story arcs that wove a consistent thread through the series, as several of the books focused on characters from different generations. I wish there had been an epilogue, I fee like there is so much more to see and read and I'm struggling with how long I have to wait until I find out what Nathaniel and Elizabeth get up to next.

Although born in the United Kingdom, she lived the first forty years of her life in Zimbabwe, where she met and married her husband, Kingsley. Our features are original articles from our print magazines (these will say where they were originally published) or original articles commissioned for this site. That said, I did listen to them all and I enjoyed them; yet I'm sorry I paid two credits for the rest after listening to the first novel; not because I begrudge the credits, I love audio books and would happily pay two credits for many of the audiobooks I have purchased, but not this series. Many might love the film's version best as it gives them the "happy ending" they would've wanted, but for me it's my major objection to the film, as it hurts the characterisation of Uncas and Major Heyward in the novel, not to mention completely changes the motives and characterisation of Hawkeye and Cora and Alice.