Genre: Historical Romance | Christian Romance
Period: 1855 (6 years before the Civil War)
Location: Alabama
The Butterscotch Bride is an antebellum story of two slaves who are discovering love in a dark world. Permelia has never seen the hardship of slavery as her missus’s ‘favorite’, while it left scars on Horace’s body and soul. Yet, As their attraction for each other grows stronger, they find their worlds colliding and questions forming: What does freedom mean to them, and what is it worth?
“I wanna kiss you…see if’n you taste as good as dat butterscotch.”
What Makes A Butterscotch Bride by Parker J. Cole A Good Read
1. Complexity of Characters
Along with the main characters, the supporting characters are written with complex backgrounds and experience their own issues as well as internal conflicts. It makes each character unique and gives them a three-dimensional characteristic, that makes you understand and relate to them.
2. A Different Kind of Story
I think that the author created a unique setting for the characters of this story. This uniqueness of the slaves’ situation on this plantation creates a grey area that is rarely seen in antebellum stories, especially for Permelia’s situation. This allows the characters to question and challenge what they know, what they want, and the reasons behind it.
3. Respect
Even though the majority of the black people in the novel are slaves, they have a good level of respect for themselves and for others in their situations despite mistrust and jealousy. This is refreshing to see and gives the characters more depth.
What I Feel Some Kinda Way About
1. The End
I felt the ending was a little rush. I would have like to see more of what the characters went through and the feeling or thought–process for decisions that were made, especially after seeing the characters struggling internally throughout the story.
Book Review and Recommendation
Review: 4.2/5
Recommendation: 4.2/5
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