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Liked It “I read this as a little child, the same with Table for Two. My mother checked out romance books, and being a bored reader I read them and didn't understand some scenes. I knew enough to know it was good though. Yaaaaaa, well, it's good, and recommended.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“cute”
Tiara A wrote this review Tuesday, November 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It was okay. Rather predictable. ”
Sharon B wrote this review Monday, October 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I read this as a little child, the same with Table for Two. My mother checked out romance books, and being a bored reader I read them and didn't understand some scenes. I knew enough to know it was good though. Yaaaaaa, well, it's good, and recommended.”
Kaye Lin K wrote this review Friday, October 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS OF ALL TIMES”
BELINDA F wrote this review Wednesday, August 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“One of my favorite stories, about a young girl (Linnea) who answers an ad for a teacher in a small town in the west, but only gives her first initial so that she'll be accepted - the town hoped for a man teacher. The arrangement was for the town's teacher to room with Lars and his family, but seeing as now it's a woman, that puts a crimp in the works. Lars is a widow with a teenage son (who develops a crush for the new teacher) who is gruff and unhappy that this is a female who will need his help in ways a man wouldn't. The rural school contains all grades, and the new teacher insists all students attend, even though the planting and haying used to come first. The romance that develops between Lars and Linnea is warm, pleasant and at times, fiery. There were comical events, a dangerous storm that had terrible impact on the characters, and the story showed the strength and understanding of a wonderful woman.”
Marie T wrote this review Tuesday, June 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Wonderful romance novel.”
Karen J wrote this review Tuesday, February 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is one of my all time favorite LaVyrle Spencer books!! A young woman ventures out alone to become the new school teacher out on the prairie. She stays with a kind older lady, her grown son and her grandson.She starts to fall in love with the older man who is bitter about love and marriage since his wife left him years ago with a son to raise. Sweet story with loveable secondary characters. I enjoyed how their love evolved!”
Country~Mouse wrote this review Wednesday, October 29 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It’s the year 1917 and World War I looms on the horizon. Linnea Brandonberg has just graduated and received her teaching certification. Against her fathers advice she takes a position in the little town of Alamo, North Dakota. Linnea is excited and scared. She has never been away from her family before and never left her home town, yet she is very excited to start her first teaching job and she is excited to see a new town. What Linnea imagines will happen, and the reality of what does actually takes place are quite different. The town is nothing but wheat farms as far as the eye can see. The town is really not a town at all, but a few small stores. The worst surprise in store for Linnea is Theodore Westgaard or Teddy as his friends and family call him. Teddy is an irascible, gruff man who is taken off guard by Linnea. He was expecting a male teacher, not a young woman, who is practically a child in his eyes. Teddy and Linnea, from the first moment they meet, butt heads with each other. Years is the story of these two unseemly, mismatched people coming together and learning to love.
Jill D wrote this review Tuesday, September 30 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Right from the beginning when Linnea and Teddy first meet, I have to say I was worried about how this story was going to play out. Teddy truly was rude and seemed like a miserable old man. Of course, first impressions can be deceiving and that is exactly what happens between Linnea and Teddy. The beauty of this story lies in the changes that occur in Linnea and Teddy. These two characters go through so much growth throughout this book. Linnea in the beginning seems very childish. She is constantly day dreaming and is very naïve about the world in general. Teddy, at first comes across as a hard unbending farmer, but slowly the reader sees that this is all just a front because he was hurt by his first wife when she left him. Underneath his stern demeanor is a gentle and loving man.
The actually story line takes place over a year or so. It is so nice to see the characters really develop their relationship over time and not just become instantly attracted to each other. Teddy and Linnea’s love for one another evolves slowly and it is very believable. They have a lot to overcome with their differences in age. Linnea is eighteen and Teddy is thirty-four and has been previously married. He has a sixteen year old son, Kristian. I thought the way Spencer handled these issues was really great. Usually, a large age difference between the characters really bothers me because there is too much of a power struggle. That was not the case with this story. Teddy really wrestles with his feelings for Linnea and he fears that he is too old for her.
Years is a deeply moving story. For those readers who believe that romances from the 80s were all about forced seduction and rape, Years breaks away from that mold. Years is a book that doesn’t need those devices to make a beautifully touching love story. The deeper message the reader takes away at the end of this story, is that a person doesn’t choose who they fall in love with and that love is a gift that should be cherished, not thrown away. Linnea convinces Teddy to take a chance on love and that it is worth fighting for. Teddy eventually does and Teddy and Linnea finally get their “Happily Ever After”.”
“this book made me cry a bucket! Age doesnt matter when it comes to LOVE.”
May c wrote this review Sunday, April 27 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
