Review: Anxious Hearts

Anxious Hearts by Tucker Shaw

Summary (from Goodreads): Eva and Gabe explore the golden forest of their seaside Maine town, unknowingly tracing the footsteps of two teens, Evangeline and Gabriel, who once lived in the idyllic wooded village of Acadia more than one hundred years ago. On the day that Evangeline and Gabriel were be wed, their village was attacked and the two were separated. And now in the present, Gabe has mysteriously disappeared from Eva.

My Thoughts: Inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem Evangeline, Anxious Hearts is a bittersweet love story that encompasses both Colonial America and today. Or, perhaps I should call it two love stories. It’s hard to say. Is this two separate stories, separated by centuries, or is this on story played out over time? Are Eva and Gabe nothing other than Evangeline and Gabriel reincarnate? Or are they their own entities who just so happen to share the names – and the geography? I don’t know. I can merely guess at the author’s intent.

I felt that the story was a little slow to start, but it wasn’t boring. Just didn’t move super fast. Plus, honestly, it took me a bit to get into the rhythm of the way it’s written – which, I must add, I loved! I loved reading Eva’s story from today and Gabriel’s story from yesterday. I loved seeing how the two stories paralleled each other and how they were different, too. (And by different, I am not referring to obvious things like modern life vs. Colonial life.) I liked watching them unfold together like that.

This was an excellent story – or set of two stories crafted together in a very poetic way. And, given its inspiration, that’s quite fitting. I would recommend this to anyone who likes classic literature as well as anyone who likes romance.

My Rating: 4 of 5 stars

Source: Received through Around The World Tours for review.

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