I'm on a 3-Star roll. I liked some of this well enough. I liked a good amount of the descriptions, I liked the location, I liked the idea well enough. I have a certain love and affinity for Plymouth Plantation and its surroundings. The author obviously put a great deal of thought and research into this book. I just, unfortunately, didn't really connect with most of the characters. This would have probably left this with a 4-star if that disconnect hadn't been exacerbated by the last 30% of the book feeling really rushed to me when the first half had a distinctly slower pace. I just got caught up in going "ugh, why do I care?" I get the points that were made towards the end, but a slower pace that had matched the whole beginning/mid section's pacing would have probably left me feeling much more invested. Especially if I had liked the characters more.