River of Tomorrow

I've read all three in the trilogy and I must say that this is the one that I enjoyed the most. This is the book that got me HOOKED. I loved how the love between Daniel and Mercy flowed so easily between them. There was none of the hate-love conflict that always goes on in books. I thoroughly enjoyed it. By far the best!

Dorothy's Garlock's Wabash trilogy is the best of the best. You'll fall in love with these characters. I feel like they are dear friends. I've read this book and the other two books of the trilogy over 20 times. Daniel and Mercy, Raine and Amy, Libery and Farr, it was wonderful to see what happened to my beloved characters.

Another excellent Garlock book. Ms. Garlock is a master of including people from other stories and interweaving them through the lives she writes about, and this one was definitely no exception. Mercy and Daniel are charming characters, with many of the traits of Liberty and Farr - the couple that raised them, and were featured in a previous book of this trilogy. I was not ready for this story to end, and would also have liked to read about Farr and George, and Amy and Rain coming home. However, Ms. Garlock made it very clear they were in route. Nevertheless, I would have enjoyed the homecoming.Mercy is not quite as strong as Liberty or Amy, from the previous books in this trilogy. She did seem pretty dependent on Daniel, however, she was going through quite a lot, and that seemed only natural. She held herself together very well, with her chin high and the same quick temper of Liberty Quill.Their love story was so sweet and warm, and very enjoyable to read. With the involvement of the family rival, Hammond Perry, still bent on revenge after all these years... the story keeps moving at a fast pace. I found it hard to put down, like the others in this trilogy.

The only problem I had with this book is that my favorite characters of the Wabash trilogy, Rain and Amy, were only briefly mentioned. I wanted to see them enjoying a wedded bliss and meet their two boys. Otherwise, this book featured a great love story between Mercy and Daniel. At first, I thought that they would be a pale version of Amy and Rain or Libby and Farr, but they and their story was unique. Mercy's character was similar to Libby's and Daniel's to Rain's. Mercy's sharp tongue and short temper were a delight, but her neediness wore me out. Daniel was dependable and decent, a great combination, but he was a bit boring at times. The discovery of Mercy's origins was a good plot twist and I grew to like her family. Mercy's and Daniel's shot-gun wedding is extremely funny and I re-read it several times. Eleanor is more lovable here than in "Dream River" and Gavin is still wonderful. I was a little bit disappointed that Ms. Garlock briefly described Tennessee's and Mike's romance without giving it an end. Although Mike became weaker here than in "Dream River", I enjoyed what little there was about his and Tenny's romance and hoped that Ms. Garlock would spend as much time on them as she did on Eleanor and Gavin in "Dream River". This novel lacks a satisfying ending, which would be Farr returning with George and Amy and Rain making it to the family reunion.