by ronde
Another outstanding story! I like your historical tales. One quibble: Ouachita is spelled an O, not a Q.
5
Yes, another excellent story. Well paced with enough detail to provide an uneducated reader with enough of the background to make the sort readable and believable. 5 again.
This was a nice step back into time with a happy ending to a turbulent time in America. That it was set in part In my part of the country just made it better. Solid 5
Excellent. Your choice to focus on the sweep of the narrative rather than the gory details worked very well for me. Another great story! Thank you
One small error at the end - Howard became Horace for a moment.
I am really enjoying your historical stories. I just can’t fathom how you can write so many good stories so fast. Thanks
When the name ronde is there as the author, I read that story first! I know I'll like the character development and all the little details you place to make reading the story a lot like eating a great meal. Doing the eating you enjoy yourself, but a large part is the visual as well as the smells. Taken together that brings satisfaction. Just like your stories do. Obviously 5*!
Fantastic Romance! I love historical fiction. This story seemed well researched.
Thanks Ronde for another very special story.
The Hoary Cleric
Good story. 5 stars, again. Lots of hurt in that war, and too often forgiveness was and is hard to come by. lesson to be learned.
A good story about people who lived as basically as you can. Just the fundamentals without any gloss. I can't imagine living that way, but it's an honest way or life and I can't imagine a society that lives that way now. Everything is covered with a thick layer of BS and it's hard to tell where that ends and bedrock begins. I love the sophistication of today's society, but there's a lot to be said for basic, fundamental honesty. 5*
You effortlessly get inside a character, then using your protagonist, you equally effortlessly
hand characters of him. Your stories are authentic, because the willing suspension of disbelief
doesn't even enter the equation. Great yarn. Great resolution. 17 out of 20 for this one!
(that doesn't mean 31/2 or four on the Literoticz scale. That scale is so flawed, it's a wonder
they don't alter it. Unlike your stories they offer no subtlety.