VEIL OF PEARLS

Author:  MaryLu Tyndall
Published by:  Barbour Books
Age Recommend:  Adult
Reviewed By:  Arlena Dean
Raven Rating:  5
Blog Review For: GMTA
Review:


"Veil of Pearls" by MaryLu Tyndall was a good read.  I was a little hesitate with the title dealing with slavery in the 1800's, but I am glad to did continued reading ..because in the end I felt the novel was a excellent and well written novel. Be ready for a lots  twist and turns all the way till the end. Truly Ms. Tyndall was able to really help  the reader understand what this young woman named Althea had gone through. Leaving Barbados  from a sugar slavery plantation  and the cruel...  Sir Walter Miles  to Charleston, South Carolina...to where Athea is able to  reinvent herself by changing her name to Adalia...working in an local orphanage as a herb healer ....then to becoming a assist to Doctor Willaby. Now Adalia was able to take care of local 'Negros' that needed help especially the slaves on the plantations.  Athea was so thankful to God  to now have her freedom.

How was Adalia able to do all of  this?  Well, ...... Adalia was very light-skinned and no one was able to detect that  she was negro or a runaway slave....Can you believe that Adalia  catches  the eye of one  young man  who was from one  of the most wealthy families in Charleston.   Now, how these two people  were to come together turns out to be a very interesting story. There relationship was able to grew into a true love and in the end both Adalia and Morgan would be able to give these  worries to God.  Now I will stop at this point because I don't want to give  any more away...just  pick up "Veil of Pearls" and see how Adalia and Morgan are broughtthrough all of this....Will Morgan start believing in God?  What is going on with Emerald and Dr. Willsby? What so special about Adalia's pearls?

The characters were really very interesting....Althea (Adalia), Sir Walter Miles, Captain
Faraday, Dr. Willaby, Mrs, Charlotte, The Rutledges.... Franklin, mom, Morgan, Hadley.... and Lizzie .... Emerald, Caroline, Captain Kane Bristow, Aniston Mulberry, Joseph Drayton, Lord Demmings, Rabian Saville, Joy, Mayor Calla and some I have left for you to find out who they are.

"Veil of Pearls" was a real historical love  story that you will get caught up in ... not being
able to put the novel down until you are finished.... the ending was wonderful  and I would
recommend this novel as a good  read.