I received this from netgalley.com in exchange for a review.

I won't reiterate the blurb, but suffice it to say this is a good book. Set in Louisiana in the mid-1800's, the story is well thought out with interesting characters and events that are set true to time and place.

My first read by author Sarah Maine and I look forward to the second book in this series.

4☆

A good and entertaining book with an interesting theme. It kept the promises of the cover blurb.
I liked and recommend it.
Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher.

Sarah Bryant brings us a well thought out tale from the depths of Louisiana covering time from June 1841 through Aug 1859, the life span of Sidonie, the only living child of Isabel and Clement Verdier, owners of Verdier Plantation, and Gabriel Saint-Martins, son of the black family owning the Chenes Plantation fairly close by. Time spent in New Orleans by both families is also very interesting, following true to the time and place. Music, a freed black woman named Adelis, and, surprisingly,
Edinburgh, Scotland tie Sidonie and Gabriel together despite code noir laws, his murderous mother, and her drunkard father. But will love ever be enough?

I received a free electronic copy of this historical novel from Netgalley, Sarah Bryant, and Curiosity Quills Press in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me.

The One Unspoken—a book that is written in almost ten years—tells us about some rich origins and history, and the never-ending love of a mother, biological or not, and a true love that is worth fighting for. A very remarkable and exceptional book that you will surely love.

On the first part, the story took place around 1840. The story revolves around Sidonie who had an ability to talk and see the dead, and oddly enough, Adelis, a midwife and former slave who has blackmailed Sidonie’s mother for her freedom. She will meet in the latter part Gabriel whom soon she will fell-in-love with, and that’s where the fight for freedom and love will begin. And not just the romantic love, but the never-ending love of a mother and the mother figure. This book will surely move you to tears, especially the ending.

It was yet another thrilling book that I set my fingers in. I rarely read books under Historical Fiction because it bores me to death, but this book was an exception. The moment Adelis blackmailed Isobel, I already found myself reeling for some information. After Sidonie grew up, I found the book’s phasing going slow at first but after a while, I realized that the information being handed was crucial to both part two and part three of the story.

There were too many characters, and yup, it’s a little confusing, though each of the characters had their own story to tell. With regards to the plot, the story was done carefully—the story depicts perfectly the discrimination era. I heard that the story took ten years to complete and that maybe is the reason of the perfectness of the story. 

I would also like to acknowledge the precision and depth of understanding of the author with regards to the history she used in this book—I rarely see this kind of flawlessness in a fictional book, and I was hoping she will write some non-fiction books that seems to be her forte.

DISCLAIMER: I requested for an ARC of this book in NetGalley and I was given a copy in exchange for an honest review. The description of the book had caught my attention.

In mid 19th century Louisiana, Sidonie is left with Adelis, a former slave and midwife to care for her after her own mother dies. The two share a peculiar gift – the ability to communicate with the dead and form a bond. When Sidonie’s father returns to see that his daughter is married off to a wealthy Creole planter, she rebels. She meets Gabriel St. Martin, free black, who lives on a neighboring plantation when he requires Adelis’s skills to help his mother deliver yet another child. The two develop a passionate and forbidden relationship that could literally cost them both their very lives.