Autumn Song (Seasons of the Heart #2) by Martha Rogers

Autumn Song (Seasons of the Heart #2) Reviews

• 
  Holly (2 Kids and Tired)

  Kathleen wants nothing more than to be a nurse. She doesn't want to get married, she doesn't want to fall for the town's new lawyer and she wants her family to let her be. Daniel just wants a chance to practice law and finds himself attracted to Kate even as he struggles with her desire for independence. As the two get to know each other, sparks fly and so do challenges. Together they must manage to figure out their own paths in life and how to merge those paths into one that is pleasing to God.
  
  Second in the Seasons of the Heart series, this is a sequel to Summer Dream. While it adds depth to have read the first one, it's not necessary and this stands alone well. Like Summer Dream, the language was a bit stilted and formal, but easy to get past. Kathleen was quite prickly and prone to over reaction which grew a bit tiresome. However, I liked her and I really liked Daniel. I enjoyed their story and while somewhat predictable, it was still charming and an entertaining, light read. I look forward to the third book, Winter Promise.
  
• 
  The Unabridged Bookworm

  There is certainly a viable market out there for well-crafted and substantive Christian women’s fiction. We know it. We’ve all seen enough Amish love stories clogging the library shelves to know that there are plenty of women out there who gush over the stuff.
  
  I am not one of those women.
  
  That said, I enjoy a softly-delayed love story as much as the next girl. This one delivered on that promise, with a delayed-gratification match of two characters in a tale with zero spice. Unfortunately, this story is so slow that I never came to truly care about either of these people at all.
  
  Daniel, our reluctant hero, is a lawyer who has just arrived in Texas from back East. He talks differently, walks differently, and rubs our heroine wrong from the moment they meet. Why? Well, because he’s a chauvinist and she’s a shrew. That’s really as simple as it gets. The problem is that we like them both. Deep down, he’s a nice guy who just needs a girl to show him that she’s strong and independent. Deep down, Kathleen really cares about other people but it’s buried under so many layers of stubborn pride that she can’t resist picking a fight with Daniel.
  
  There’s a fire. There’s injured children. There’s injured adults. There’s more injured adults. There’s child prostitution. Oh, and there’s more injuries. Thank goodness Kathleen works as a nurse or this story would have nowhere to go. One of the characters even remarks upon how such a sleepy town manages to have so much suddenly go wrong in such a short period of time. Yes, Ms. Rogers, it would have been ridiculously noticeable even without this ham-handed comment.
  
  For such a slow build, I was hoping I would have time for Daniel and Kathleen to grow on me, but they didn’t really. The story was interesting enough, and with all the drama mentioned above, there was plenty of action to keep me motivated to continue until the end. Unfortunately, when the h/H finally got together, my skeptical heart couldn’t help but feel this would be a marriage doomed for eventual divorce… a note no romance reader ever wants to end a book on.
  
• 
  Deborah

  A fiery redhead
  
  I gave this to high score because I got interested in the story in the life of the people I like everything about the book I want to read the series pray others have read it also or desire to read it
• 
  Sonia Parham

  Very good read
• 
  enlam

  Ok so it was pretty good. Characters' personalities and goals were a little overbearing at times, but all in all enjoyable and cute.
• 
  Courtney

  Autumn Song is book two in the Seasons of the Heart series. I think reading book one before you read this book would be a great idea and would add to the story of Autumn Song but I don’t believe that it is absolutely necessary to enjoy this story.
  
  At the end of Summer Dream we are left wondering what Daniel Monroe is going to do and as soon as book two begins you realize that Daniel has now packed up and moved is practice to Porterfield Texas to become a lawyer in the West. His friend Seth is a pastor there and has arranged the position for him ahead of time. As soon as Daniel arrives he meets some great friends, including Cory and his beautiful yet very independent and stubborn sister Kathleen. Kathleen has recently decided she wants to pursue studying medicine and helping the local doctor.
  
  Sparks begin to fly between Daniel and Kate but most of the sparks are ignited by irritation and anger. Daniel and Kate can’t seem to agree on anything, especially what the “normal” women would do for a living or act like. Kate gets frustrated with Daniel’s conservative ways and she especially explodes at him when they disagree about what to do with her father’s timber.
  
  I felt Summer Dream was pretty sweet and innocent and there was not a whole of tension between the main characters, and while I feel Autumn Song is still a sweet story there was definitely a lot more tension and disagreements than book one. I personally enjoy it when there is a love/hate relationship going on between the characters. I enjoyed the banter between Kate and Daniel and I find it more realistic and more humorous than when there is a story when the characters instantly fall in love.
  
  Just like in Summer Dream there is a lot of spiritual matter going on in this book but I felt it was a lot less in your face than that book one, which made it more enjoyable to me. This was a book about being confident in whom God made you to be and I also felt like it was a lesson on the importance in taming your tongue. Both Daniel and Kate deal with saying things they regret and I felt this was a good example of how your words can hurt.
  
  Just like in book one I was a little frustrated that we had to wait to the very end of the story to see the romance come together and for there to be any kissing or sweet scenes. I just enjoy a story where that begins to happen sooner than the end, but this is all my own preference and may not bother anyone.
  
  Autumn Song is still an amazing story that I devoured easily! There is compelling and entertaining characters along with a spiritual message that made this a great Christian Historical Fiction that I highly recommend reading!
  
  Disclosure: I was graciously provided a free copy of this book from FIRST Wild Card Tours in exchange for my honest review and opinion. All opinions are my own.
  
• 
  Patricia Kemp Blackmon

  Daniel Monroe moves to Porterfield, Texas to set up his Law Office and for an adventure in the wild west. It was a big adjustment for Daniel to move to Texas. The women , especially Kate Muldoon, were more outspoken and independent than what he was accustom to meeting. He was very attracted to her but she was set on being a nurse and not a homemaker. She would get really riled if anyone mentioned she needed to find a husband, settle down and raise a family. She had other plans for her life and it did not include being stuck with household chores and cooking. But Kate could not deny her heart's feelings for Daniel no matter how had she tried to ignore her him.
  
  I noticed in book one of this series that their way of speaking seemed kind of fake and syrupy. But in book two set in Texas it was more relaxed way of speaking more open and outspoken. In book one I just thought it was the way the author wrote. Well it was only because that is the way people of high society spoke in Connecticut during 1880's. But in Texas they had no need to be that formal they were more laid back in there lifestyle. So a person adapts in many ways to there surroundings and geographics.
  
  I enjoyed this book more than book one in the series. Not saying that I didn't enjoy book one because as I stated it was the difference in there society that kind of threw me off. It was a little like My Fair Lady/Man in reverse. In this book opposites attract, Kate and Daniel are somewhat an odd couple. Life will never be boring with Kate. People can be very stubborn sometimes and think they know better than God as to what is good for them or what is in His plans for them. We have to turn it all over to Him.
  
  I definitly recommend Autumn Song (Seaons of the Heart #2) and Summer Dream (Seaons of the Heart #1).
  
  Disclosure
  I won a copy of this book provided by the author. I was in no way compensated for this review. It is my own opinion.
• 
  Anne

  A sweet and gentle historical romance set in the west with just enough complexity to give it an appealing quality. This is the second book in the Seasons of the Heart series by Martha Rogers.
  
  Kate and Daniel are at odds from the beginning. Neither is looking for a spouse. She wants a nursing career. He wants his woman to stay home and raise the babies. How are they going to reconcile their budding attraction to each other? Do they compromise their individual desires? Are they ever going to get along? You’ll just have to read the book to find out
  
  I must say I loved the familial relationships in Kate’s family. They are a gregarious bunch when all together and I enjoyed feeling like I was part of their family. I especially loved Aunt Mae and imagined eating all the delicious foods she prepared for her boarders at the boarding house! This book is full of strong women who know how to take care of their families while becoming who God created them to be.
  
  It’s always fun to read about the old west and when a “city slicker” moves out there. Daniel’s from back east where he lived a life of relative ease. He finally has his own law practice and that provides a lot of new experiences for him. Watching him adjust to the ways of the west and those strong women that are bred out there was quite an adventure in itself.
  
  While this one didn’t pull at my heartstrings like the first one in the series, Summer Dream, it is still up on my list of enjoyable books to read while sitting by a nice cozy fire, sipping from a delicate china teacup of hot mint tea! I can honestly recommend it to all fans of historical fiction.
  
  Special thanks to Kim Jones | Publicity Coordinator, Charisma House | Charisma Media for sending me a review copy. I was not required to write a positive review, just an honest one.
• 
  Brenda

  Autumn's Song is the second book in Martha Rogers Seasons of The Heart Series, and while I read the first book, I do believe this one could be read as a stand alone work.
  This book takes place in Porterfield Texas during 1889, and is basically the story of Kathleen Muldoon and Daniel Monroe.
  It seems as if everyone in Porterfield thinks that a woman should just automatically marry and have a family, but Kate Muldoon has other ideas.As a matter of fact family is the last thing she wants. Instead she is interested in becoming a nurse, she even moved into town to help her Aunt Mae run a boarding house so that she could also study with the town doctor to further her nursing dream. Daniel Monroe is a lawyer from Conneticut who at the age of twenty-five feels led by God to leave home and pursue a life in the west. A friend of his lives in Porterfield and secures Daniel a position as a lawyer so against the wishes of his parents he heads to Texas to begin a new life. When he arrives he takes a room at Aunt Mae's boarding house and soon the sparks start flying between him and Kate. Can these two ever agree on anything?
  
  One of my favorite genres to read is historical fiction and this book surely fits the bill. I thought it was a sweet story, and I enjoyed the fact that the main couple didn't immediately fall in love, instead the bickering between them added life to the story. Daniel was attracted to Kate but couldn't readily accept that she had aspirations to become a nurse. If your like me and enjoy historical fiction with a strong female character and also want a nice christian message then your in for a treat with this book. Recommended.
• 
  Sarah

  This was a great book and it pulled you in right from the get go. Now while I don’t agree with everything in the book – such as there is a time that women really should be quiet and it is something that the Kate does eventually learn – it has to be the hard way. Her independence really grated on me at points but it had me thinking, was that what I was like back in my raging feminist days? I shudder to think it is true.
  
  Kate wonders why it is that everyone wants her to settle down and get married, she doesn’t really want to hear God speak to her, and has in effect believed that God wants her to be single, be a nurse and forsake her womanly nature of being married and having a family. Once she finally realizes that being married doesn’t mean the end of her nursing, she’s better able to accept what God has in store for her. This story is well told and has you rallying for the characters whether in the good times or the troubling times, great historical detail as well, which I really appreciate.
  
  Special thanks to Kim Jones | Publicity Coordinator, Charisma House | Charisma Media for sending me a review copy
• 
  Paula-O

  Martha Rogers writes series "Seasons of the Heart",book#2 "Autumn Song"
  
  Porterfield Texas is a small town in the late 1800's that is growing by leaps and bounds. we read in this story of Daniel Monroe, a new attorney coming to make it his home and start his new office here. He meets Kate and her brother Cory at the boarding house where he resides. Kate is not sure what she thinks of this young man and at the beginning she calls him "fancy Pants", to herself of course.
  Kate is not wanting to find a man for her life, she wants to be a nurse and she works with the doctors in town helping out and learning much from them.
  It will take some time for Daniel to get used to the heat in Texas after living in connecticut and also to a woman that wants to work in the nursing field where she sees and hears much too much for the delicate ears of a young woman.
  I enjoyed reading about the families of Porterfield and you will too. Martha brings her characters to life and lets you watch them grow.
• 
  Kendra Neal

  Martha Rogers is a "new to me" author, having never read one of her books. I really enjoyed the book! The book in set in the late 1800's and I am very fond of books set in or near that time period, so score 1 for the book. The main character, Kate, is a great part of the story. Her independence and demeanor remind me so much of me. I love how the author, Martha Rogers, weaves romance into Kate's life and it really is a "Love/Hate" relationship between Kate and Daniel. Kate has a "stubborness" about her, which I tend to have also. Autumn's Song is book 2 in the Seasons of the Heart series, but the story flows well even without reading Book 1. Autumn's Song is a great book for anyone who like Romance and Westerns!! I am looking forward to going back and reading book 1 and anxiously awaiting book 3 in the series!
• 
  Beth

  This was just not the book for me. I don't care for "love at first sight" story lines. I love romance, but I need more development, more build up, more tension. I seem to be the minority as it looks like other rated this 4 and 5 stars. I just didn't care for the writing style and how the plot took a backseat to the romance. I didn't feel any chemistry between the characters.
  
  It is a sweet story, unfortunately just not one for me.
• 
  Annette O'Hare

  Martha's books never disappoint! Hooray for another good read!