Elizabeth Tilton, a devout housewife, shares liberal ideals with her husband, Theodore Tilton, and their pastor and close friend Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, both influential reformers of the Reconstruction Era who promote suffrage for women and former slaves and advocate for the spiritual power of love rather than Calvinistic retribution. 

I got a PDF version pre-release to read and review it. To be very honest I had very little expectations for this book but after reading it I need to say that this book is very good.

Its important to mention that this book is based of a true story, of a woman named Elizabeth Tilton. 

This book explores the Henry Ward Beecher scandal through the eyes of Elizabeth Tilton. I know it sounds not very interesting but when you start reading this book you realized that it is actually interesting and enjoyable. This book talks about things like “free love” in 19th century America and sexual revolutions of women in 19th century America. 

This book follows 2 perspectives throughout this book. The major perspective in this book is the main character Elizabeth Tilton during the beginning of 1866. And the second perspective is again Elizabeth but this time its at the end of her life in 1897.

The plot of this book is very good and very well written because it talks about joys, sorrows, frustrations and anger of the perfect soap opera and in 19th century America.

As I said above the plot and the entire book is very interesting and it really sucks you into the plot to the point where you don’t notice the time flying by while reading this book. 

The written style of this book is very very good, but at the same time is very approbate with time this book is set in. Its like the author has a very unique skill to write a with the 19th America writing style but modernize it in a way which would be relevant for people reading this book in 2025 and behind.

The writing style is very engaging and really grabs your attention and doesn’t let it go until the very end of the book. Which I personally love when it happens because it helps the reader to get more immersed in the plot of the book.

In a way its hard to pin this book down to any specific category since its like historical drama but at the same time this book reads as psychological thriller. Which really impressed me.

I Give This Book 4 / 5