My verdict is still out on Siri Mitchell’s books. I’ll just have to keep reading. A Heart Most Worthy was interesting, but not riveting. I liked her A Constant Heart, but didn’t care for Love’s Pursuit. She is definitely a good writer and I’m amazed at the different eras and areas she uses. They always seem well researched with lots of information in the book and more included at the end. It is written from a narrator’s point of view, and I didn’t care for the way it told me how I should be thinking. I guess that’s the rebel side of me coming out. Tell me what you see, but let me form the opinions. It was worse in the beginning, but mellowed out in the middle.

The 3 heroines in this story are all Italian, but very different. The central place of the story is Madame Fortier’s dress shop. Each girl’s life is changed or helped to change by events that surround the dress shop; I believe that each change was for the better. Of course! It’s a fiction book, right? The heroes are just as varied with each being genuine hero material; I think I fell in love with the doctor myself.

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This is the second Siri Mitchell book I’ve gotten for review.  Sadly, Love’s Pursuit was not as good as A Constant Heart.  The main heroine, Susannah, and the sub plot heroine, Small Hope are opposite sides of a coin.  To balance them she has Simeon [the bad guy] and Thomas.  I did enjoy the story of Small Hope and Thomas.  I would have enjoyed the book more if they were the main plot and Susannah and Simeon the secondary story.

The Puritan lifestyle and the soldier’s debates make for some interesting reading, but it could not wipe out the sadness.  I just don’t like stories that end sad – including Romeo and Juliet.  So, don’t think that because it ends sad it’s bad writing – obviously Romeo and Juliet has endured for a while.  I personally read for escape and relaxation; sad endings don’t help with those two things.

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