A View Most Glorious

 “ Thank you, Lord, for all of this, for allowing me to see, to fell. It truly is a view most glorious.”

Title : A View Most Glorious

Author: Regina Scott

Publication: 10/5/2021

Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

 

In short: Washington 1893, Socialite Coraline is asked to climb a mountain in order to bring attention to the suffragette movement.

 

Series: This is book 3 in the American Wonders Collection series. Each is a stand alone set in different National Parks.

 

From the publisher: Reluctant socialite Coraline Baxter longs to live a life of significance and leave her mark on the world. When her local suffragette group asks her to climb Mount Rainier to raise awareness of their cause, she jumps at the chance, even though she has absolutely no climbing experience. If she can do it, any woman can do it. And after her mother issues an ultimatum--that Cora marry the man of her mother's choosing if she is not successful--Cora must do it. But she can't do it alone.

Noted mountain guide Nathan Hardee initially refuses to help Cora, but has a change of heart when he sees what is at stake. He knows enough about the man Cora's mother has chosen to know that the headstrong young woman should have nothing to do with him, much less marry him.

Climbing Rainier will require all of Cora's fortitude and will lead her and Nathan to rediscover their faith in God and humanity. These two loners make unlikely partners in righting a wrong and may just discover that only together is the view most glorious.

My thoughts: I loved this book and was totally captivated by the characters, the setting of Tacoma and Mount Rainier and what they were trying to accomplish. One of the things I love most in this series is that each book features a very strong, confident woman and the scenery descriptions that make the books have a strong sense of place. This book lived up to both of those things. 

Cora is one determined woman, she wants to accomplish something big and avoid having to marry a disreputable man. The suffragettes hope to show the world that if an average woman can accomplish such a feat, then the average woman can also vote. Nathan, the man who reluctantly agrees to guide her, was once a socialite as well but now is trying to escape bad memories in the wilderness. Together they learn to trust and respect each other to accomplish their goal and along the way find their purpose, fighting for what they believe in and love.

Thank you to NetGalley and Revell for a gifted copy of this book. Another fantastic installment to this series!