A Book Review of “Forsaken Dreams” by MaryLu Tyndall
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A budding romance that was doomed to fail from the start?
Have you ever wished you could leave everything behind? Have
you ever wished you could start over? Build a new life? A life, where no one
knows your past, your secrets, or your regrets? Colonel Blake Wallace , Eliza
Crawford, as well as a whole ship full of passengers are trying to do just that…
Colonel Blake Wallace has gone through so much more than any
of us could imagine. He lived through the death of all those he loved and held
dear. All he wants now is to escape both the memories of their deaths and the
unforgettable images from the war. He decides it is time to leave his home, a
home now taken over by the North, a home so far gone from the beauty it once
was. His plan includes creating a new colony in a land of hope; Brazil. Blake
not only is escaping from haunting memories; he is wanted for “war crimes” by
the Union. With his life in danger, this is his last chance to fully live his
life, but can he let go of the past enough to really live?
Eliza Crawford has more secrets than anyone can imagine.
Just like any of us, she tells little white lies to disguise the truth, but
will those lies come back to bite her? She has grown up a pampered Southern
Belle, and has known luxury her whole life. She threw that away for “true love,”
only now she wonders if it really was. Her late husband was a general in the
Northern army, and man she left her life for, and gave her allegiance to, only
to find that he was not who she thought he was. She now has become an outcast
from her Southern roots as well as being discarded by her Northern ties. The
only way for her to be accepted is to once again leave life behind with a hope
for the future, but has she chosen the right ‘hope’? Has she found a place to
truly call home?
MaryLu Tyndall has done it again. She takes a scene, a page
from the history books, and gives it life. She adds colorful characters,
flowing waters, a ship sailing the ocean, and a mysterious land. Readers can’t
help but be drawn into this vivid journey. With a wide diversity of characters
it is hard not to relate to one, if not all of the passengers embarking on this
grand adventure in hopes of a new future. When you think the book is finished,
there is one more twist, one more heart wrenching experience that one can’t
help but feel drawn into.
There are people that you can’t help but dislike, but at the
same time you are almost drawn to them as well. You can somehow relate to them,
feel their pain, and want them to grow in their faith to fully become the
people they should be. Normally there are the antagonists and the heroes in a
novel. MaryLu has created a world in which the antagonists can have a new
future too, if they only decide to start fresh on new soil with a changed
heart.
Will Blake and Eliza move past the secrets that seem to build up between
them?
Can the other passengers find a way to work together and become the colony
Colonel Blake had desired for them to be?
Can God’s love triumph in the lives
of this colony?
The only way you can find the answers to these questions is
to pick up the book and read. I could not put it down, and I will bet you won’t
be able to either. 5 out of 5!
Not-So-Princess Lizzy
