Set in Puritan times in historical New England, Roswell Station is a small town where everyone knows your name and missing church could get you time in the stocks. Judith and another young girl, Lottie, went missing four years ago. Two years ago, Judith came back, mute. Her tongue had been cut out to protect her, but against what, she doesn't know. The town believes her cursed, so Judith spends her time alone, watching and listening to all of those around her.
She's also been in love with Lucas since they were children. Now, he's to be married to another. Judith's heart aches for it, but she just wants him to be happy. But when war breaks out and Lucas leads the charge, Judith knows she will have to do something desperate to save him. She runs back to her captor and sacrifices herself to him if he will help Lucas and the others win the war. Although he does, he's killed during the attack and Judith doesn't have to hold up her end of the bargain and Lucas lives.
But at what cost? As the story continues to unfold, the reader is given glimpses of Judith's past with Lucas, her time with her captor and what really happened. As this transpires, the reader is also given the present day, where Judith is making a friend, helping her brother and still having an eye on Lucas, while also trying to make plans for her own future.
Berry has created a very mufti-dimensional heroine with Judith and the way that her story unfolds had me up late turning the pages. It was like a small tear that got larger and larger until I could unravel the whole. Mystery, romance, and great historical fiction with a heroine who will tug on your heart strings, All the Truth That's In Me is superb!
She's also been in love with Lucas since they were children. Now, he's to be married to another. Judith's heart aches for it, but she just wants him to be happy. But when war breaks out and Lucas leads the charge, Judith knows she will have to do something desperate to save him. She runs back to her captor and sacrifices herself to him if he will help Lucas and the others win the war. Although he does, he's killed during the attack and Judith doesn't have to hold up her end of the bargain and Lucas lives.
But at what cost? As the story continues to unfold, the reader is given glimpses of Judith's past with Lucas, her time with her captor and what really happened. As this transpires, the reader is also given the present day, where Judith is making a friend, helping her brother and still having an eye on Lucas, while also trying to make plans for her own future.
Berry has created a very mufti-dimensional heroine with Judith and the way that her story unfolds had me up late turning the pages. It was like a small tear that got larger and larger until I could unravel the whole. Mystery, romance, and great historical fiction with a heroine who will tug on your heart strings, All the Truth That's In Me is superb!
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