In the beginning it was definitely difficult to read with the type of English it was written in, but it was worth it. the base of the story is good to begin with but the writer, I felt was really capturing the characters essence and the emotions during that time. I love they way she would describe the settings and really get things captured. I would go as far to say that I was completely captured by this book and cannot wait for more. It seemed like she was playing a movie in my head with the details and the descriptions. I like seeing that even for their time the characters that face the hardships were still coming through in their own way. I would definitely recommend this book and can't wait to read more of their work.