Pearl

The second of 4 books in the Dakotah Treasures series. Pearl runs away from a marriage arranged by her father and goes to Little Missouri, North Dakota, where she becomes part of the community at Dove House (continuing the story of Ruby Torvald from the first book in the series. I enjoyed the author's "Song of Blessing" series, also about Norwegian immigrants in North Dakota, but the writing quality in this series was not as well done as that other series. Each book ends with too many loose ends, and the resolutions to conflicts don't feel realistic.

It wounds me to rate a Lauraine Snelling only 2 stars . . . It really does!

I was quite disappointed in this one. Firstly, the title is Pearl, but there is a WHOLE LOT more Ruby and Opal in it than Pearl. It felt forced, as if Pearl was just a vehicle to convey Ruby's storyline. And an unnecessary vehicle at that. Also the ending wrapped up very suddenly, and rather unsatisfactorily, and the next book picks up 5 years later. Pearl's storyline didn't feel like it had enough resolution; boom, all of a sudden everything is fine and dandy. I would have liked to see her storyline wrapped up better.

I did enjoy getting to know some characters I have only heard of in passing, such as Charlie (
Not really something I would read again. Although, show more I wouldn't necessarily NOT recommend it. show less

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