Beneath the Mockingbird's Wings

Author: Gilbert Morris, Aaron McCarver

Genre: Romance, life

Series: The Spirit of Appalachia

Number in series: 4th

My rating on a 1-10 scale: 7.5

Type: Fiction

Number of pages: 270

Time period: 1700's

Main characters: Hannah, Fox

Exciting events: Indian battles, jealous uncle, much more!

Passage from book: A light snow crusted the frozen earth, and the acrid smell of woodsmoke hung in the air as Fox stood stone-still behind a clump of elderberry bushes. He had remained in this position for half an hour, the only motion the involuntary blinking of his eyes and the slow, methodical rise and fall of his chest. He had grown taller and more sinewy than most boys of fourteen. In fact, he looked several years older than his actual age.

My overall opinion: I enjoyed it!

Among the King's Soldiers

Author: Gilbert Morris, Aaron McCarver

Genre: Life, romance

Series: Spirit of Appalachia

Number in series: 3rd

My rating on a 1-10 scale: 8

Type: Fiction

Number of pages: 298

Time period: 1700's, Revolutionary War

Main characters: Sarah, Jacob, Seth, Amanda

My overall opinion: A good one! Loving this series. :)

Beyond the Quiet Hills

Author: Gilbert Morris, Aaron McCarver

Genre: Romance, adventure

Series: The Spirit of Appalachia

Number in series: 2nd

My rating on a 1-10 scale: 8.5

Type: Fiction

Number of pages: 348

Time period: Revolutionary War, 1700's

Main characters: Abigail, Hawk, Jacob, Andrew, Elizabeth

Exciting events: Fights!

Passage from book: FYI, this is the opening paragraph. :) As Elizabeth MacNeal stepped outside the small cabin, she took one startled look at the glistening bear standing not ten feet away and froze in her tracks. Hawk had warned her that the bears around Wataugawere prone to wander close to the settlement, but she had only seen them at a distance since coming to the Appalachian Mountains. Now her heart leaped up into her throat at the enormous size of the bear. Suddenly he reared, his beady black eyes meeting hers...a shiver of fear ran through her at the sight of the long claws and sharp white teeth as he slightly opened his mouth.

My overall opinion: A good book. I say that a lot. Oh, about the time period. Everybody know that the Revolutionary War was in the 1700's, and usually I wouldn't put both. But this book doesn't concentrate on that fact that there's a war going on. It covers a span of about five years (the book, not the war) and included in there is the R. War. There is an occasional mention of men who side with the king, but the book's location is over the Appalachian mountains, so there isn't much fighting. Complicated explanation, I know. ;)

Over the Misty Mountains

Author: Gilbert Morris, Aaron McCarver

Genre: Adventure, life

Series: The Spirit of Appalachia

Number in series: 1st

My rating on a 1-10 scale: 8

Type: Historical fiction

Number of pages: 344

Time period: 1700's

Main characters: Hawk, Patrick, Elizabeth

Exciting events: Indian battle, a very vengeful Frenchman

Passage from book: Three war-painted Indians burst out of the woods and fell upon the Simmons family. Elizabeth and Patrick and the children watched in horror as tomahawks rose and fell, and all four of the Simmonses lay dead...

My overall opinion: A good book! I'm kind of into Gilbert Morris right now, had you noticed?