LitPick Review
The Prize: Tales from a Revolution is a fictional novel written about a young man named Caleb, who lives in the years near the beginning of the American Revolution. Caleb’s father has been enlisted into the local militia, and it is up to Caleb and his younger brother Samuel to take care of the family farm for their mother. Caleb longs for his father, and wonders if the distant fighting will ever cease, allowing his father to return. However, the fighting between the colonists and the redcoats becomes less than distant. When the British attack near his settlement, Caleb, along with some very close friends that he gains along the way, must help the colonists prevail.
Opinion:
The Prize: Tales from a Revolution is just the kind of book I would want for historical fiction. It is very exciting and suspenseful, but also has plenty of character and plot development. It is a well balanced book, except that there was quite a lot of romance for historical fiction. There were a couple things that I did not like: It was definitely wordy, which was annoying, and at times the romance became too much of a focus. There were also several things that I did like: There was a good amount of action (but not so much that it overwhelmed the story), and the story ended very nicely. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys historical fiction, but who also likes romance.
