First off, thank you to both NetGalley and Bookish First for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I really wanted to like this book - I read the excerpt on Bookish First and couldn't wait to read the rest of the novel. I love historical fiction and I have not read a book set in this time - the founding of the United States. Love when the author incorporates real historical figures into the fiction (Myles Standish, etc). However, while the story started off strong, it sort of petered out after that for me. I would have liked more descriptions of the way they were going to build the settlement, the struggles, and triumphs rather than continued musings of the main character which I soon found boring. It would have been interesting to learn more about the relationship with the Native Americans and how this affected them as well. I also did not realize that this was a faith-based book - while that is fine and I like learning about different faiths and cultures, I felt like the relating of scripture overtook the book rather than enhancing the story; that may make the book more enjoyable for some, but just not my thing (and I wish I had realized this in advance). As I said, I really wanted to like this book, but it, unfortunately, fell flat for me.