Review of Deceptive Calm (Barnes & Noble Edition)
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Review of Deceptive Calm (Barnes & Noble Edition)
[Following is a volunteer review of "Deceptive Calm (Barnes & Noble Edition)" by Patricia Skipper.]
Deceptive Calm by Patricia Skipper, a novel dated in the late 1800’s century to early 1900s, depicts the story of Vanessa Condon, an orphanage born on October 10, 1852, and raised by a nun named Sister Rosalie in the Saint Paul’s Orphanage, Charleston. Her story all started when a bus filled with kids, including her, was attacked by a Klans, which resulted in the life-threatening injury of Trisha Bibbs, who would be her best friend and companion. She met Barry Hale, a young teenage boy who fell in love with her. Vanessa was welcomed by the Bale family, and for the first time, she felt like being part of a family. Vanessa was happy, as was Barry with their love affair, but everything changed when Barry moved out of Charleston to Harvard to study medicine, just like his father. Meanwhile, things went bad for Vanessa as she lost the only woman who was like a mother to her and got pregnant for Barry after a single sexual encounter. What fate awaits Vanessa Condon as she faces the most challenging moments of her life? Did Barry ever love her, or was it all pure youth infatuation? Find out more when you grab a copy of the novel Deceptive Calm by Patricia Skipper.
I found the storyline of the novel Deceptive Calm by Patricia Skipper to be extremely entertaining and commendable. Vanessa has a lot of plot twists in the journey of her life; she was a negro looking like a Caucasian, and this was one of her biggest flaws growing up in a black community like Charleston. For that reason, she was never abducted by any parents in the orphanage home. Another fascinating point about this novel is the crafted American history about Charleston City employed by the author Patricia Skipper in a very unique and compiling way. She made Sister Rosalie a fountain of Charleston American history, which played a role in educating the readers on the history as well as enjoying the drama in the novel. In addition, I would also commend the author's spectacular narrative abilities in ensuring the readers stay excited and curious about the fate that awaits Vanessa and whether love will stand the test of time.
There was nothing that I disliked about this novel; every single chapter was embodied with drama, love, and excitement. I would say reading some chapters of this novel elicited emotional reactions from me as it would for other readers. Also, I did not find a single grammatical error in this novel, nor was it written in a non-fluent manner, as this would have affected my experience reading this novel.
Deceptive Calm by Patricia Skipper is a novel filled with love, betrayal, crime, passion, and history, all of which were crafted splendidly. Therefore, I would wholeheartedly give this novel a rating of 5 out of 5 stars and state commendably that this novel has been exceptionally well edited, as not a single grammatical error was spotted in the novel.
In summary, I would recommend this novel to readers of all these aforementioned genres in the novel. Readers who find history, crime, and love novels appealing would indeed find this novel appealing as I did.
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Deceptive Calm (Barnes & Noble Edition)
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Deceptive Calm by Patricia Skipper, a novel dated in the late 1800’s century to early 1900s, depicts the story of Vanessa Condon, an orphanage born on October 10, 1852, and raised by a nun named Sister Rosalie in the Saint Paul’s Orphanage, Charleston. Her story all started when a bus filled with kids, including her, was attacked by a Klans, which resulted in the life-threatening injury of Trisha Bibbs, who would be her best friend and companion. She met Barry Hale, a young teenage boy who fell in love with her. Vanessa was welcomed by the Bale family, and for the first time, she felt like being part of a family. Vanessa was happy, as was Barry with their love affair, but everything changed when Barry moved out of Charleston to Harvard to study medicine, just like his father. Meanwhile, things went bad for Vanessa as she lost the only woman who was like a mother to her and got pregnant for Barry after a single sexual encounter. What fate awaits Vanessa Condon as she faces the most challenging moments of her life? Did Barry ever love her, or was it all pure youth infatuation? Find out more when you grab a copy of the novel Deceptive Calm by Patricia Skipper.
I found the storyline of the novel Deceptive Calm by Patricia Skipper to be extremely entertaining and commendable. Vanessa has a lot of plot twists in the journey of her life; she was a negro looking like a Caucasian, and this was one of her biggest flaws growing up in a black community like Charleston. For that reason, she was never abducted by any parents in the orphanage home. Another fascinating point about this novel is the crafted American history about Charleston City employed by the author Patricia Skipper in a very unique and compiling way. She made Sister Rosalie a fountain of Charleston American history, which played a role in educating the readers on the history as well as enjoying the drama in the novel. In addition, I would also commend the author's spectacular narrative abilities in ensuring the readers stay excited and curious about the fate that awaits Vanessa and whether love will stand the test of time.
There was nothing that I disliked about this novel; every single chapter was embodied with drama, love, and excitement. I would say reading some chapters of this novel elicited emotional reactions from me as it would for other readers. Also, I did not find a single grammatical error in this novel, nor was it written in a non-fluent manner, as this would have affected my experience reading this novel.
Deceptive Calm by Patricia Skipper is a novel filled with love, betrayal, crime, passion, and history, all of which were crafted splendidly. Therefore, I would wholeheartedly give this novel a rating of 5 out of 5 stars and state commendably that this novel has been exceptionally well edited, as not a single grammatical error was spotted in the novel.
In summary, I would recommend this novel to readers of all these aforementioned genres in the novel. Readers who find history, crime, and love novels appealing would indeed find this novel appealing as I did.
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Deceptive Calm (Barnes & Noble Edition)
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