When Mountains Move

When Mountains Move is not an easy read: it starts with Millie, our heroine, having a dreamflashback to her rape six weeks earlier. She's now marrying Bump (Kenneth Anderson, and that's probably the only thing I never understood: where he got such a ridiculous nickname), and they are leaving Mississippi for Colorado, where Bump has a job managing a run-down ranch. \\r\\n\\r\\nWhile the ranch is the main setting, ranch life isn't the core of the plot or theme. Rather, the story is about Millie coping with the attack and the after affects, and the strain this puts on her marriage. It's a story of love and trust and mistrust, the story of a marriage, and it's riveting. \\r\\n\\r\\nThe novel is told entirely in first person present tense from Millie's point of view, which is an interesting literary choice for a historical novel-most tend to be third person and past tense. First person seems to be reserved for young adult and new adult novels, and in a way that fits: When Mountains Move is an extension of the coming of age novel, and seventeen-year-old Millie is certainly in the right age bracket to attract YANA readers. \\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\n\\r\\nThanks to Thomas Nelson for providing a free ebook for review.