Jesseca Wheaton
Kindle Edition | Pages: 133 pages Rating: 4.3 | 40 Users | 29 Reviews
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| Title | : | Beyond the Horizon |
| Author | : | Jesseca Wheaton |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 133 pages |
| Published | : | December 16th 2016 |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Holiday. Christmas. Novella. Young Adult. Romance |
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Eliana longs to see the world beyond the mountains that tower above Salzburg, Austria, but knows that dream will never see such adventure- and neither will she.Surrounded by a world of cruelty, she lives for the weekly visits of Aron, a boy she met on one of her rambles through the countryside.
But as the years pass and she begins to grow older, a new and unwelcome world is opened up to her.
On a fateful night at a party she vowed she’d never attend, she comes face to face with a shocking truth.
As the world around her teeters on the brink of war, Eliana struggles to figure out just where her loyalty lies; a decision that will drastically change the course of her life. Will she ever be free to see what lies beyond the horizon?
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| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Regarding Books Beyond the Horizon
Ratings: 4.3 From 40 Users | 29 ReviewsComment On Regarding Books Beyond the Horizon
This was a cute, short Cinderella retelling. For some reason my brain found the setting very hard to adjust to. I kept thinking it was much further back then WWII. I wish the author had described the setting a bit more. But I did like the characters and I enjoyed the plot. I guess this was a bit of a blank slate for me. I like this authors books, but I guess I shouldn't read fairy tale retellings. It seems like the balance between to close to the original and not close enough is very hard toI really enjoyed this. I've never actually read a novella before, at least to the best of my knowledge, and this was a fun introduction. The characters were easily my favorite part, but I also liked the look at WWII (it was WWII, right?) from sorta the other side. Almost all the WWII stories I've read are either a 'good guy' or stuff to do with hiding and smuggling Jews, and there's nothing wrong with that, it can make for a great story, but this was different and I liked that.Just about the
This was a very sweet book, I definitely enjoyed it, and I read it all in one sitting.The story is a re-telling of the Cinderella tale, set in Austria in 1938. I thought it was cleverly done. The characters are delightful, the setting intriguing--all in all it was nearly everything a story should be. I say "nearly" because there were a few things that bothered me, but not enough to diminish my enjoyment of the story. There were a few grammatical things, such as saying "in the distant" rather
A delightful read. My second book by the author and I only wish it was a full novel. Sweet story. Well written. Well paced especially given the length of the story. I'll be reading this one again.
Beyond the Horizon is a WWII retelling of Cinderella. I love the period, and I love fairy tale retellings, so of course I jumped at the chance to read and review for Ms Wheaton. It's a short story, not a full length novel as I was expecting, so it was a very quick read. It was really so short that there was too little time for characterisation, so it relied very much on the inherent characterisation of the original Cinderella story - Cinderella as a patient sufferer and the Prince as her heroic
I loved this sweet retelling of Cinderella! Eliana was very sweet, and I liked how she wasn't perfect. She had her faults and flaws just like the rest of us. WW2 is one of my favorite times periods to read about, so this fascinated me. I loved the character of Aron. He was so kind and gentle with Eliana. I also loved his care-free "do whatever he wants" (in a good way) kind of attitude. And Wilhelm . . . <3 <3 <3 I did not see that storyline coming, but I L.O.V.E.D. it!!!! His love,
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