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Now Face to Face: A Novel |
Author: Karleen Koen
Published: 2008-01-08 |
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 Wonderful! The drama continues!
I had my doubts about how a sequel could top Through a Glass Darkly, but I was pleasantly surprised. This book picks up where Through a Glass Darkly left off. In the aftermath of Roger Devane's death, Barbara travels to Virginia after her Grandmother asks her to travel there to inspect a plantation for her. Barbara, who is still devastated over Roger's death, agrees to go.
Barbara travels to the new world with Therese, Hyacinthe, and her two pugs. She soon realizes she is in a world far different than anything she has ever known. We are introduced to new characters that Barbara encounters in the new world: Colonel Perry, Klaus Von Rothbach, and Odell Smith. Barbara struggles to adjust to the uncertainty of life in Virginia while she comes to terms with losing her one and only great love.
I didn't find Barbara's stay in Virginia that interesting (That's why I gave the book four stars instead of five), but I can see why it was necessary for this character to experience everything she experienced there. The Barbara that left England is not the same Barbara that returns. Roger's death and another tragedy that strikes Barbara in Virginia force her to grow up and mature. While Barbara is in the new world, England is in chaos as two men, George I and James III, claim the throne of England. When Barbara finally returns to England she finds that no one, not even her, can escape the danger of these treacherous times.
Overall, I found this book as beautiful and tragic as the first. If all the deaths in Through a Glass Darkly disturbed you, then you better brace yourself when you read this book. There will be more deaths, but there are also a few very pleasant surprises. Now Face to Face is a must read if you read TAGD. All the characters that were vaguely developed in the other book come to life in this one. We finally understand how and who was responsible for Roger Devane's great fall. There were much more betrayals and plotting in Through a Glass Darkly than we ever realized. This book explains it all.
The end of the book promises a sequel. No, it's not over for Barbara Devane yet! The last page of the book will bring you to tears and then suddenly make you smile. That's all I will tell you. Through a Glass Darkly and Now Face to Face should be sold together because they are practically the same book. A must read for TAGD fans!
 Now Face to Face
After reading "Through A Glass Darkly", I thought Koen's "Now Face to Face" would be another hit but it turned out to be a disappointment. Many people or events written elaborately in the beginning of the book ended roughly with just barely "explanations". It is no match with her "Through A Glass Darkly".
Great follow-up.
It's a fantastic follow-up to the first novel, however, it left me feeling as if there was still more to the story that wasn't covered in this installment of Barbara Devane's life. Perhaps a lead into another novel?
Good read that keeps you up late into the night!
 Very interesting
I am ever so happy to have found this author. Have read all three in this series and hope there are more series like this one coming soon.
The books held my interest til the very end and i would recommend her work.
Not quite as good as TAGD
After the death of her husband, Barbara is beside herself with grief. Her grandmother, the Duchess of Tamworth, offers her the chance to go to Colonial Virginia to check out her newly acquired tobacco plantation. We follow Barbara to the new world where she learns all she can about the tobacco farming and we get to meet some new and interesting characters, my favorite being Colonel Perry. Barbara eventually returns to England after receiving some letters from back home that there are new adventures afoot. She returns to England and finds herself in the midst of Jacobite investigations.
I think I would have liked this book more had it not been for the ending. The end scene was about one of supporting characters, not Barbara. In turn, I did not have that sense of "closure" so to say. I always like how a book wraps up everything nice and neat for you at the end. And after finishing the book, you walk away content, knowing your new friend will be well. I didn't have that with this and it was a little disappointing.
Another thing that bothered me was that there were a lot of things not followed up on or worked out...a lot of open issues...which leads me to believe that that there may be another sequel?!
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