Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Review Tour and Giveaway: The Green Soldier by J Edward Gore


The Green Soldier
by J. Edward Gore

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

GENRE: YA Historical fiction

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

BLURB:

John Gore is eighteen years old in 1862 rural Kentucky. He has struggled his entire life with stuttering and the ridicule associated with it. Unable to speak well, he has focused on writing. Seeing the opportunity for advancement in the military—and with it, respect—John joins the Union army. Unfortunately, his stuttering prevents him from warning a friend of an enemy attack and John watches his friend die. He is racked with guilt and the fear that others saw him fail at the key moment . . . a fear that proves prescient.
John soon meets a girl but they must forge a friendship and then courtship through letters, allowing him to express to her what he can’t say in person. Meanwhile at home, John’s impetuous younger brother causes trouble with garrisoned Union troops angry at Southern sympathizers.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

EXCERPT

There’s been some light fighting every day with the rebels close behind us, and especially once we settled into Knoxville. There were some rebel sharpshooters who dug a rifle pit just outside our walls and they were picking off some of our soldiers now and then. A boy would be talking or looking around and then he’d either scream or just fall back dead. A regiment with the Second Michigan was ordered to take care of those sharpshooters. Our men ran out, but they were fired upon, and when they got to the pit they found more than they’d bargained for. The Johnnies were in the woods waiting for them and fired without mercy. Less than half of our soldiers came back alive. Now their sharpshooters target our officers. Three days ago a lieutenant was giving out orders and in the middle of his talking he just fell over. Graveyard dead. He never knew it.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Edward purposely avoided history classes in college because he felt they were boring. Years later he read the Shaara trilogy, opening his eyes to how fascinating the Civil War could be. He recalled as a boy his grandmother telling him of his ancestor, John Gore, who fought for the Union. Visiting battle sites and participating in reenactments has made the Civil War more than just pictures and words. Instead he could feel the fear, excitement, grief and anger.
Born and raised in central Kentucky, not far from John’s birthplace, Edward currently lives outside of Nashville, TN with his wife, two kids and a goldendoodle.

https://www.facebook.com/13thKyCivilWarhistoricalfiction
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18764476.J_Edward_Gore

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

GIVEAWAY

J. Edward Gore will be awarding a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.


a Rafflecopter giveaway



DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW THE TOUR AND COMMENT
ON EACH STOP TO EARN MORE ENTRIES TO WIN!







My Review

I thought J Edward Gore’s debut, The Green Soldier, was pretty good. I enjoyed this Civil War era book. I thought it was pretty good. It is an easy and quick read that I had read in just a few hours. I was intrigued with John’s story. I admired his courage throughout the book. 

I give The Green Soldier four and a half stars. I recommend it to other readers who enjoy clean Civil War era books. 

I received this book from the publisher. This review is 100% my own honest opinion.




Follow me on BloglovinFacebookPinterestTwitter, GFC or Email

17 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for hosting and for the review.

    ReplyDelete
  2. This sounds SO freaking good!!!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Do you think that there will be a sequel to the book?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Bernie. No, I don't. I've had a few people ask me but I don't foresee it.

      Delete
  4. Good Morning! Thank you for the book description.These tours are great and we have found some terrific books so thanks so much.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Thanks to everyone for stopping by and making comments.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Congratulations, Edward on the 4.5 star review. Just wanted to mention that one of the heroes from a book that I'd written was a stutterer. I did some research on the topic and am curious to know if you'd done the same?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Bea. I went to speech therapy for years as a young kid, so part of it was personal. Mostly, I watched an online class by Samuel L. Jackson on acting(I'm not aspiring. He's just one of my favorites). He goes into great detail about his challenges as a stutterer. I found that very helpful.

      Delete
    2. Edward, I'm a fan of Samuel as well and I'm glad that you found his advice helpful. Thank you for sharing these personal details. I am looking forward to reading your book. The Civil War era and the "Wild West" is my favorite period of history. Perhaps because it was such an emotionally volatile time and everything just seemed to be teetering on the brink of change.

      Delete
  7. Cool excerpt. I can't wait to read this!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Happy Friday! Do you have any reading or writing plans for the weekend? If reading, what are some of your favorite genres?

    ReplyDelete
  9. Well, since you asked . . right now I'm reading an ancient theological text THE LADDER OF DIVINE ASCENT, a very slow read. I read a lot of nonfiction but enjoy adventure, sci fi and fantasy. I'd like to reread Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories soon. Thanks!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Cool cover. Looks interesting and I love the idea of historical fiction.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Thanks Sue. I hope you like it.

    ReplyDelete