🏞️🐎💗 The Forever Sky - Montana Gold Series #4 💗 🐎 🏞️ (2019) - Book Review
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Thank you in advance to JustRead
Publicity tours and the author for sending me a complimentary copy to review. A
positive review was not requested nor required, and all words are my own.
“The
Forever Sky” is the fourth and final book of the Montana Gold Series by
Janalyn Voigt. Each fictional story is based on actual events that occurred
during that time of civil unrest in America.
The
series starts with “Hills of Nevermore” which introduces America Reed and Shane
Hayes who also have a significant role in this story.
“Cheyenne
Sunrise” is the second novel in which we meet up with Bry Brennan, her
brother Con Walsh, and Nick Laramie. It is also where we learn that Maisey’s
husband has died. “Stagecoach to Liberty” is where readers meet Elsa, another
character mentioned in “The Forever Sky”.
Whether
or not the reader needs to read all of them to know how this story connects to
the others will be up to the reader. I was able to pick up reading it without
having read the three previous novels. Though I’m sure the story would’ve been far
more enjoyable had I read them. That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy this book – I did.
Most of
you, if you’ve read my blog, know I am not a historical fiction/historical
romance fan. But, there are rare times when a story is SO good it doesn’t
matter in what time it was set it. This is one such story.
“The
Forever Sky” is Maisey Wilcox and Rob Walsh’s story.
The
story begins with Maisey Wilcox, a widow and schoolteacher to the Salish people,
being kidnapped by Spukani who is one of the Salish. He takes her not only in retaliation
for his daughter’s death under Maisey’s care, but to curry favor with Chief
Charlo. Maisey had previously been kidnapped with Bry Brennan in events prior
to this book.
Maisey
is also a single mom to a young daughter, Phoebe.
Witnessing
the kidnapping is a young and fellow schoolteacher – Emma Duncan.
Riding
to the rescue is Shane Hayes, a preacher, and Rob Walsh. Rob has been gone for
three (3) years, but still loves Maisey. When the two men are captured, the
Salish decide to let Shane go because he is a preacher. Spukani wants to claim
Rob as a slave. Maisey speaks up, professing her love for Rob, hoping to save
him.
Charlo,
not wanting to separate them, has Shane perform a marriage. Charlo bids them
farewell and sends them on their way.
Maisey
is continuously catching him with Emma Duncan who has a crush on him but didn’t
know the two were married. Despite her love for Rob, and her daughter Phoebe
considering Rob her father, Maisey’s mistrust and jealousy almost drives him
away.
To
match Maisey’s mistrust, is also Rob’s impatience in wanting them to come
together as a real family. Maisey is also stung by the rejection of her brother
when she visits their mother one last time. The scene with Maisey, her mother,
and Maisey’s brother was heart-breaking. I kept reading to see if Maisey and
her brother would resolve things.
The
reader also gets to witness the beginnings of a relationship between Emma and
Gideon Buckthorn. The two are mismatched as Emma reacts emotionally and Gideon
is more logical. While he gets on her nerves, Emma does have a soft spot for
him.
Voigt
crafts a beautiful tale about friendship, love, faith, and loss. Her writing
creates a vivid and poignant image of the hardships faced in that time as well
as Rob and Maisey’s love. Voigt is also respectful of the native people she has
included in this story.
I could
almost see and feel the experiences that Voigt had created.
There
are Christian themes throughout this book; however they are beautifully and
organically woven throughout the story.
The
message of the novel is clear – true love endures and that God can lead us
where we need to be. Voigt explores the theme of forgiveness and not letting
our past define us or hold us back.
Voigt
also includes a “real” quote from Chief Charlo – “It was my father’s boast that his
hand had never in seventy years been bloodied with the white man’s blood, and I
am the son of my father”.
If you
enjoy Christian based historical romance, I would definitely recommend this
series of books.
Release
Date: November 13, 2019
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – Goodreads (“Really Liked It”)
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ – Bookbub (“Good”)
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