This is my first official review for Bethany House Publishing. They sent me my free copy of
Unending Devotion and I have put my review on here. My reviews can also be found on Amazon.
Unending Devotion by Jody Hedlund is the story of a young girl acting as the apprentice to an elderly photographer who travels throughout the lumber camps of 1880s Michigan. She is looking for her estranged sister who ran off to a depraved life of saloon girls and gambling in the northern backwoods. This book is a fictional portrayal of true life events of the hundreds of girls that were lured and trapped into prostitution and the good people who fought to save their lives.
From the very beginning I could not put the book down the main character, Lily was a very sympathetic picture that the reader just has to root for. The picture the author painted of the poor pathetic girls Lily risks her life to save draws sympathy from any reader. In addition, the modest love story added just the right amount of romance to not detract from the moral undertone of the story. I definitely recommend this book for anyone looking for an enthralling historical fiction novel.
You can also watch the book trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OssvMSaSeQ4&list=UUOTCh77FT1ZAyg-Mrj97HWw&index=1&feature=plcp
