Official Review: The Ledger Law by Nancy Palmie

[Lennycat]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Ledger Law" by Nancy Palmie.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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Dubois, Wyoming is a sleepy little hamlet where people know their place, life goes along at a leisurely pace, and justice is served when someone goes down the wrong side of the law. But beneath the calm surface of this bucolic township lie the secrets of certain town folk’s dark and pain-filled past. The Ledgers have a certain justice in mind to right these wrongs and it doesn’t always fall in line with the law. It’s the Ledger Law.

The Ledger Law by Nancy Palmie is an epic tale of four families: The Sorensons, the Monroes, the Pendergasts, and the Ledgers. The author takes us through three generations of these families lives and how they intertwine with each other’s destinies.

Julie Monroe is a rodeo queen with big dreams. She is young, popular, and pretty but she can’t help but think that there is something more out there for her than this little town. She finds love with Jesse Ledger, the shy and brooding son of the Sheriff in Dubois, Wyoming. Julie then makes friends with the unlikely choice of Katie Sorenson; a girl with a questionable reputation from the wrong side of town. One night, while they are out partying, something bad happens to Katie. Something she can’t tell anybody. Something just too hard for her to bear.

Will Julie ever find her place in life and live out her big dreams? Will Katie come to grips with her dark past and move forward in a new light?

This was a well-written book and I found myself caught up in the storyline of the characters and their struggles. Nancy Palmie imparts the feelings and wishes of these characters so that each one becomes well-known and well-loved to the reader. Ms. Palmie writes some parts of Julie’s story in the form of diary entries which take the reader to Julie’s most intimate and vulnerable moments. Julie just can’t seem to get a break as she slowly loses hold of her rodeo queen dreams and comes to grips with the day to day reality of trying to raise a son on her own.

One thing that bothered me was how the book ended. It didn’t wrap up as neatly as I had hoped, and everything seemed to get rushed to get finished at the end. As seems to be the custom of the day, this book ended on a cliffhanger, which left me a bit dissatisfied as I had hoped for more of the storyline to be tied up into tidy packages of reader satisfaction. But still, it was a good and interesting read that I would recommend.

I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. Although the ending was somewhat of a disappointment, Nancy Palmie’s writing style winds its way into your heart and the characters become mirrors of everyday people that we hope will come to a happy ending. This book will appeal to a wide range of people who enjoy a bit of suspense, crime, and a well-told tale of life’s strange journey.

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[kandscreeley]

Does this book have kind of a western feel to it? That's the sense I'm getting from the description. It sounds very intriguing, but cliffhangers do irritate me. That's not to say I won't read this one. I'll look into it. Thanks.

[Corhan2]

Thanks for the review. I do not like cliffhanger endings, but might just give this one a try.

[AmySmiles]

I'm quite interested and am going to put this on my list to read. Your first paragraph has me hooked, now I feel like I have to read it. Thanks for the review.

[drunyan]

Thanks for the review. I like cliffhangers. My mind goes in all different directions, as I make up different ending s to the books.

[dtb]

It sounds like reading this book could be a good way to spend a summer afternoon.

It seems like more and more books have cliffhanger endings these days. Maybe there more writers working in series now?