About The Book
Music offers Kate sweet refuge from her troubles…but real freedom is sweeter. In Westerville, Ohio, 1855, Kate Winter’s dreams are almost within reach. As the first woman to graduate from Otterbein College, she’ll be guaranteed her deepest wish: escape from the dark secret haunting her family. But with her mother determined to marry her off to a wealthy man, Kate must face reality. She has to run. Now. And she has the perfect plan. Join the upcoming musical performance–and use it to mask her flight. Ben Hanby, Otterbein College’s musical genius, sees Kate Winter as an enigmatic creature, notable for her beauty, yet painfully shy. Then he hears her sing—and the glory of her voice moves him as never before. He determines to cast her in his musical and uncover the mystery that is Kate. Still, he must keep his own secret to himself. Not even this intriguing woman can know that his passionate faith is driving him to aid fugitives on the Underground Railroad. A terrifying accident brings Kate and Ben together, but threatens to shatter both their secrets and their dreams. Kate can no longer deny the need to find her courage—and her voice—if she is to sing a new song for their future. Sweeter than Birdsong is a stirring novel of hope and faith inspired by real historical people and events.
My Thoughts
I am a little addicted to historical romance and Sweeter Than Birdsong is no different. I have to admit to start off with though I wasn’t really following where the story was going to go. I am pretty good at “knowing” the outcome of most books before they are even half over. However, with Sweeter Than Birdsong I was surprised. The story took so many twists and turns that I didn’t truly see coming. I loved that fact about this book because rarely do I have to actually think about where things are going to end up.
As another reviewer commented Rosslyn Elliott took the names from old history books and brought new life into them. I wholeheartedly agree with this statement. Rosslyn combined a mix of historical figures and brought them all full circle into one story. Rosslyn brought the characters to life for me and made sure that I could picture all the characters in depth and made me feel like I was living in 1885. I could feel myself at the prestigious balls, running through the forest to protect slaves and hearing the love within music that Ben performs.
Rosslyn is quickly becoming one of my go to authors with her work of Sweeter Than Birdsong and Fairer Than Morning.
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*Thank you to Thomas Nielson for supplying me a review copy of Sweeter Than Birdsong. While I was provided a review copy this did not influence my thoughts or opinions.*
