It is July 4, 1876 and Jeremiah McKinley is looking forward to a day of Centennial Independence Day celebration in Sonoma, California.However, a boy shows up at his doorstep claiming to be Jeremiah’s deceased father, Daniel. Then, Jeremiah receives a strange message of warning.
The story takes place on this one day however there are a lot of flashbacks that are from as far back as 1831. Jeremiah reflects on his youth and all the violence that his family and others endured moving to the West.
The part of the story taking part on the present day, July 4, 1876 was the best part of the book, IMO. I don’t know how writing about the wild west could be written flatly. There was so much action and violence going on back then but somehow Mr. Addieco managed it.
I found myself nodding off durning the flashback scenes. Also, this book was not marketed as Christion Lit. but you could have fooled me. A good portion of the book contained quotes from the bible. I refuse to read Christian Lit. For that readon and because I could not stay awake while reading it, I did not finish.
This is the second book I have read by Mr. Addiego, the first was The Islands of Divine Music
which, I did finish. John Addiego has strong character development so he does have potential as a writer. I recommend he work on his story development.
DNF/5
Please note that I did read a much more favorable review, at Royal Reviews.
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