Name: The Springsweet
ISBN: 9780547608426

Saundra Mitchell

Moving from Baltimore to Oklahoma Territory in the late 1800s, seventeen-year-old Zora experiences the joys and hardships of pioneer life, discovering new love and her otherworldly power.

The Springsweet

Jess

Read this review on my blog! --&gt; <a href="http://www.gonewiththewords.com/2012/04/review-the-springsweet-by-saundra-mitchell.html" rel="nofollow noopener">The Springsweet by Saundra Mitchell</a> <a href="http://www.gonewiththewords.com/2011/02/review-vespertine-by-saundra-mitchell.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Vespertine</a> was one of my favorite books last year, and with that ending, of course I was dying for a sequel! It completely stole my heart...and trampled it. I was incredibly heartbroken! In The Springsweet, Saundra Mitchell has redeemed my heart by mending our Zora’s. The most stand-out quality I’ve come to love about Saundra Mitchell’s writing is the vividly realized atmospheres. In <a href="http://www.gonewiththewords.com/2011/02/review-vespertine-by-saundra-mitchell.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Vespertine</a>, I could see myself sitting around with the girls, getting ready for the ball and talking about the boys they would dance with in Baltimore. In The Springsweet, I could feel the hot winds of Oklahoma blowing on my face!! I could see the sparse, dry countryside for miles on end. I was there, next to Zora, seeing and feeling everything she was, so vividly. I absolutely love that. If any book can transport me like that, it’s a winner in my book. We first meet Zora in <a href="http://www.gonewiththewords.com/2011/02/review-vespertine-by-saundra-mitchell.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Vespertine</a>. She is Amelia’s cousin and gets her heart shredded in that book. I mean, absolutely destroyed! Blown to pieces. Her whole world crashes down. So you can imagine how this book in no way starts with the best of tones. It’s rather depressing at first, and many times I wanted to curl up with it and cry because it made me so sad for her. It isn’t until and unfortunate 3rd meeting with the very handsome and rich Mr. Theo de la Croix that things start to turn around. Then she gets sent to Oklahoma...where she meets the rugged, sexy Emerson Birch and things really start to get interesting! Ms. Zora Stewart now has to make a choice between the two, but I think there’s never really a contest. Zora’s ability was unique and I can see now how all the elements -- earth, water, fire, air -- come into play in this series. I just can’t imagine how it will all come into play in the final book, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11974187-aetherborne" rel="nofollow noopener">Aetherborne</a>, but I’m extremely excited to find out.

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