TBR challenge complete!

I'd actually finished this book earlier in the month but had earmarked another book for the TBR challenge and I haven't quite finished it yet, so...

Anyway...

The theme for the May TBR challenge is to read a Military/Police themed book in honor of Memorial Day OR an ebook/book in print that was first an ebook.

Here's my rundown!

Title: Shadow Patriots: A Novel of the Revolution

Author: Lucia St. Clair Robson

Year Published:2005

Blurb:(via Amazon) In July of 1776, the American colonies are ablaze with passion. In the streets, those who would be free boldly read aloud the newly written Declaration of Independence. It is a cry of freedom, but it is also a time of critical confrontation, both on the battlefield and off as the people of a new nation choose between their king and an uncertain future.

It is a choice which is not easily made. As Commander-in-chief George Washington declares a major victory in New York, the rest of the colonies separate into Patriots and Tories. Kate Darby never expected to be swept up in this political storm. The Darbys are Quakers who have pledged their allegiance to God first--but that soon changes. Kate's younger brother, Seth, can no longer deny his soul's cry against tyranny. Fleeing from his Loyalist parents' house to join General Washington's ragtag forces, Seth enters a life he never expected.
With the influx of British soldiers, Philadelphia soon becomes a temporary base camp for the English forces. When the Darbys find themselves forced to take in Major Jonathan Andre, Kate falls quickly for his charm.

Despite her warring affections, Kate finds herself drawn deep into the war. As she attempts to follow her brother, she risks her life and her family's reputation by becoming a spy for the patriot forces, a role which quickly transforms the once-timid Quaker girl. With a world of danger and political upheaval thrown before them, Kate and Seth face incredible danger in the hopes of shaping one of the single most important events in American history: the war for freedom.

Told with historical accuracy and incredible attention to period detail, Shadow Patriots recreates America at its youngest and describes with vivid intensity the men and women who bravely did their part to deliver it from tyranny.

Why did you get this book? I was browsing at the library and the title grabbed me. I guess I was in the mood for a Revolutionary Era novel.

Do you like the cover? Erm...it is very...green

Did you enjoy the book? I did! The author has a fantastic lyrical writing style and her descriptions were very lush. She pulled me right in. I did initially have a problem with the number of characters and feeling a connection with all the characters and the changes in POV, but the author won me over after only about twenty pages.

The war descriptions were real without being excessively gory and the characterization was top notch.

I also loved the idea that a woman was one of the most influential spies in the war.

Was the author new to you and would you read something by this author again? Yes, the author was new to me. I already have my eye on a couple of her other historical novels.

Are you keeping it or passing it on? It went back to the library

Anything else? I love a HEA and this story, based on a real historical figure, wasn't.