Review: Harvest Season by Annick Trent

Title: Harvest Season

Series: The Old Bridge Inn

Author: Annick Trent

Length: 48 Pages

Category: Historical Romance

Rating: 4 Stars

At a Glance: Annick Trent has such a soothing writing style, which not only serves her historical time period well but her characters too.

Reviewed By: Lisa

Blurb: Lowri has spent the past month bringing in the harvest and daydreaming about her one-night stand with Eliza, barmaid at the Blue Boar. When the two women meet again, the spark between them is as strong as ever, but they cannot immediately act upon it: they must race against time to warn a group of weavers who face arrest for organising a strike.

Review: As part of the Old Bridge Inn series, which I’ve read entirely out of order and enjoyed immensely, I do think it’s beneficial to have the gist of Annick Trent’s historical climate before reading this short and lovely story. The French Revolution is still a fresh topic of hushed conversation for the people of Great Britain, who are themselves wedged beneath the thumb of the laws which charge any sort of organized gathering as anarchy. It’s the rebellion, and the happiness found there, despite the dangers, that makes the series such a touching read.

A year’s separation doesn’t seem like much under a modern lens, but for Lowri and Eliza, that year was spent with nothing save their memories of the one night they spent together. Their meeting each other again was never guaranteed, but it was secretly hoped for. That they meet again and become liaisons in an undertaking that could see them jailed, or worse, adds a touch of foreboding to this otherwise gentle story.

Trent has a soothing writing style, which not only serves her historical time period well but her characters too.