Love to Water My Soul (Dreamcatcher Series #2)

I especially liked the story about the child who was left behind by the wagon train and picked up by an Indian and taken to his tribe. Her life story after is very well told and kept me interested throughout the novel.

This has to be one of the most beautiful stories I've ever read! It's my first by Jane Kirkpatrick, but she can count on me buying more of her books in the future. It's a story of belonging, losing, finding again. A story of closing the circle. The prose is warm and nurturing and refreshing, meant to be savored slowly with an eye toward entering the life and soul of the main character, not a story to be chowed down after only a day or two with little mental engagement. If you want a story that starts out with a certain crisis and moves on at a fast pace, don't read this book. But if you appreciate literature that delves deep into the heart of people, if you can have patience with words crafted with care and excellence, I believe you will enjoy this novel.

I love that Ms.Kilpatrick tells stories based on real life characters.She shares what early women settlers experienced crossing the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains to reach California and Oregon. Their trials and tribulations and their faith in God. She portrays the plight of the Native American with loving sensitivity that makes you wish that history could be rewritten forthose proud and noble people. After reading just one of her books, I found I had to read them all. I have enjoyed every one of them. I eagerly await her next book.

I liked the growth in the character, and her discovery of herself and God. Asiam’s discovery of God’s grace was thought provoking. I did feel that certain parts of her journey took forever.

The author is so great at making you feel a part of the story and I have a hard time putty by the book down. Thank you for your research and love of accuracy in history!

A woman caught between two worlds, in a turbulent era of history...what’s not to like. Kirkpatrick is so good at evolving her characters and making you feel like you’re watching the story revolve around you. The spiritual searching, guilt, and forgiveness that ShellFlower goes through is well done and not added as an afterthought to make it a “Christian novel”. This is one of the few books that I’m sad to finish!

I really wanted to love this book. But I found most of it boring. My mind kept drifting. There were times I found it interesting but then go back to being bored.

A life lesson can be learned from the charming of the elks. They were quietly moved into an imaginary circle from which they saw no escape even though there was no enclosure. It is a mystery. We too can be lured into a false inprisonment of faulty teaching. Seek wisdom.

I struggled with the first half of this long book, probably because I live in Australia and am not familiar with the native American culture and history. Once I reached the halfway point where it reconnected with the characters from the previous book I finished it in 24 hours and enjoyed it very much.

Loved this book. Includes lots of history