Good read but could have had better transitions

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Rating: 3.5 of 5

“Sisters of Shiloh” is a very interesting book about two sisters who disguise themselves as men to fight for the Confederacy in the Civil War. The book has some fairly gruesome descriptions of battle scenes. It was more than I expected; however, it absolutely conveyed the horrific loss of life that happens during war.

Libby, the younger of the two sisters, goes slightly off-balance mentally after her husband is killed by the Yankees. She decides the way to avenge his death is to go to war in his place. When Josephine, the older sister, is unable to convince her not to go, Josephine follows her. While on the face of it, this seems far-fetched, it turns out that a good number of women actually did fight in the war disguised as men.

Mixed into this story is a love story and a story of someone slowly losing her grip on reality. I must admit that the end of the story was a little abrupt and I was left wondering at what happened and what it meant. In some ways, I was happy with the ending and in other ways, I still didn’t understand how it all came to be. There was also an abruptness in changing from scene to scene throughout the book that marred some of the story for me. I kept trying to figure out whose thoughts I was following and how they got there. As the book was rather short, I think there could have been some transitional bridges added here and there that would have helped me as a reader.

I received a complimentary copy of this book via the publisher.

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