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A review by whosevita
Like a River Glorious by Rae Carson
4.0
Doubting between 4-5 stars.
I neeeded a series this good for a longgg time. This book was a doozy. And not in a boring way, but the heavy topics in this book (like the history of enslavement/massacre of the indigenous people) was absolutely heart breaking, and made the book hard to get through at points. I liked that even though Leah helps this isn't put as a white saviour moment. How can she even "save" them from something her forefathers caused anyway. Still I doubt the subject was handled the best it could've been but I am in no position to decide that.
I love Jefferson too of course. Nothing will hit the sweet spot for me quite as much as best friends to lovers.
And I love love love Wilhelm. Give me a silent brute with a heart of gold and I WILL love him to pieces. If he doesn't become part of the main cast in book three I will actually riot.
Now for the things I didn't love as much;
Leah's change of heart about of wanting to keep her independence and not marry was sort of "resolved" too quickly. Imo if Jefferson didn't want to own land anyway, and obviously not go the all American route, he may as well been with Leah without marrying. But oh well.
Anddd not wanting to kill Hiram was kind of weird to me. I get that she personally couldn't kill him. But, he was a slaver, a misogynist, a racist and an implied rapist. Of alll the people to get moral about not murdering, why him?
I neeeded a series this good for a longgg time. This book was a doozy. And not in a boring way, but the heavy topics in this book (like the history of enslavement/massacre of the indigenous people) was absolutely heart breaking, and made the book hard to get through at points. I liked that even though Leah helps this isn't put as a white saviour moment. How can she even "save" them from something her forefathers caused anyway. Still I doubt the subject was handled the best it could've been but I am in no position to decide that.
I love Jefferson too of course. Nothing will hit the sweet spot for me quite as much as best friends to lovers.
And I love love love Wilhelm. Give me a silent brute with a heart of gold and I WILL love him to pieces. If he doesn't become part of the main cast in book three I will actually riot.
Now for the things I didn't love as much;
Leah's change of heart about of wanting to keep her independence and not marry was sort of "resolved" too quickly. Imo if Jefferson didn't want to own land anyway, and obviously not go the all American route, he may as well been with Leah without marrying. But oh well.
Anddd not wanting to kill Hiram was kind of weird to me. I get that she personally couldn't kill him. But, he was a slaver, a misogynist, a racist and an implied rapist. Of alll the people to get moral about not murdering, why him?