Ever Faithful

Elsie is working in the Yellowstone National Park to earn money to go to college. Her dream is to become a teacher. It's the time of the Great Depression and times are hard for everyone. But the president has come up with a program to help young men get work, and one of these young men is a fellow from Brooklyn named Nate who is set through the CCC to Yellowstone.

It's a story of romance and mystery and history and life in the early park. I love Yellowstone, and I enjoyed the details of life working in the parks in the 30s, but I figured out the plot early on, and that's never satisfying to me.

I really enjoyed this sprightly vintage outdoors story (and wish there were a bunch more in this series)! Though my review of this story is long overdue, I still recall the vivid characters and colorful outdoors descriptions easily. Elsie was a character I found easy to root for and I enjoyed the mystery of what was really going on behind the scenes. The Christian application was really well woven in and I also enjoyed the romantic part, which wasn't overbearing to the rest of the plot but was satisfying.

All three of the stories in this series were unique and satisfying and seemed to include a real breath of fresh air. I'll definitely be rereading them.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for a free reading copy. A favorable review was not required.