The Sugar Queen of Emerson Pass
By
Tess Thompson
The Sugar Queen of Emerson Pass is a story that's as rich in heart and emotions as the Rocky Mountains are in breathtaking beauty. This story is heartwarming and heartbreaking but one I couldn't get enough of...just like being in the mountains. Turning the pages was like walking a mountain trail and eagerly anticipating what would be around the next bend in the path. The beautiful setting of this series is in the fictional mountain town of Emerson Pass, Colorado. There's a rich, family history here as the story jumps several generations from book one "The School Mistress of Emerson Pass" to the current generation. Ms. Thompson blends pieces of the past generation into the current with old journals and letters from the ancestors of Trapper and Brandi. I really loved the way this knit the story together from the generations before.
The rugged mountains are beautiful and solid just as Trapper and Brandi's relationship seems to be when they are very young and in high school. Trapper's life is Brandi and ice hockey. He loves them both. His believes their love is an epic, happily-ever-after love and nothing can fracture their true love. Brandi loves Trapper with all her heart and soul...but she has to keep a secret from him to prevent him giving up his future in hockey. So she lies to him about loving him. Both are heart broken but in such different ways. They spend ten long years wondering "what would it have been like" if things had turned out differently. Then fate, or destiny, takes a turn and Trapper returns to Emerson Pass.
Tess Thompson has a natural gift of writing stories that bring out the emotions from one extreme to the other through characters I immediately become attached to. Brandi and Trapper are meant to be together and their rocky journey kept me yearning for the love they have to break through the pain and secrets. This is a compassionate novel of two people who were meant to love each other in their forever fairy tale. Like life itself, there are issues that Ms. Thompson brings into the lives of the characters. She brings Brandi and Trapper through these in such a way that she had my heart going from breaking to soaring. From crying extremely emotional tears to joyous happy tears. It's a story that, given a chance, true love can conquer all. "Every generation had lost and persevered......Those whose blood ran through our veins were here in the breeze that smelled of wildflowers and the rustle of the wild grasses that grew just beyond the fence. "Fight for love, they seemed to whisper.""
It was great meeting the new cast of characters in this book and I look forward to reading where Ms. Thompson takes their journeys as the series continues in both the past and present. I am in love with the characters, the setting of Emerson Pass and the unique way Ms. Thompson has of pulling me into the pages where time doesn't exist. I want to thank Ms. Thompson for the honor and privilege of reading this love story that touched my heart. All opinions and thoughts in this review are my heartfelt own.
The Sugar Queen of Emerson Pass is a story that's as rich in heart and emotions as the Rocky Mountains are in breathtaking beauty. This story is heartwarming and heartbreaking but one I couldn't get enough of...just like being in the mountains. Turning the pages was like walking a mountain trail and eagerly anticipating what would be around the next bend in the path. The beautiful setting of this series is in the fictional mountain town of Emerson Pass, Colorado. There's a rich, family history here as the story jumps several generations from book one "The School Mistress of Emerson Pass" to the current generation. Ms. Thompson blends pieces of the past generation into the current with old journals and letters from the ancestors of Trapper and Brandi. I really loved the way this knit the story together from the generations before.
The rugged mountains are beautiful and solid just as Trapper and Brandi's relationship seems to be when they are very young and in high school. Trapper's life is Brandi and ice hockey. He loves them both. His believes their love is an epic, happily-ever-after love and nothing can fracture their true love. Brandi loves Trapper with all her heart and soul...but she has to keep a secret from him to prevent him giving up his future in hockey. So she lies to him about loving him. Both are heart broken but in such different ways. They spend ten long years wondering "what would it have been like" if things had turned out differently. Then fate, or destiny, takes a turn and Trapper returns to Emerson Pass.
Tess Thompson has a natural gift of writing stories that bring out the emotions from one extreme to the other through characters I immediately become attached to. Brandi and Trapper are meant to be together and their rocky journey kept me yearning for the love they have to break through the pain and secrets. This is a compassionate novel of two people who were meant to love each other in their forever fairy tale. Like life itself, there are issues that Ms. Thompson brings into the lives of the characters. She brings Brandi and Trapper through these in such a way that she had my heart going from breaking to soaring. From crying extremely emotional tears to joyous happy tears. It's a story that, given a chance, true love can conquer all. "Every generation had lost and persevered......Those whose blood ran through our veins were here in the breeze that smelled of wildflowers and the rustle of the wild grasses that grew just beyond the fence. "Fight for love, they seemed to whisper.""
It was great meeting the new cast of characters in this book and I look forward to reading where Ms. Thompson takes their journeys as the series continues in both the past and present. I am in love with the characters, the setting of Emerson Pass and the unique way Ms. Thompson has of pulling me into the pages where time doesn't exist. I want to thank Ms. Thompson for the honor and privilege of reading this love story that touched my heart. All opinions and thoughts in this review are my heartfelt own.
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