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Rating:  - Tedius and overlong...
I really enjoyed the first two "Emily" books by LM Montgomery, especially the first one, which was quite touching and charming. This one however was awful, very bloated with page after page of scenery and background descriptions. I enjoy a nice sunset or moonlit night as much as the next person but that was pretty much all that was in this book. 200 pages of landscapes, over and over again. I found myself skipping big chunks of the book because I didn't want to labor through ANOTHER description of some pretty scenery. Honestly, the parts that actually concerned Emily and her life could easily have been tacked on in a few short chapters to the second Emily book, it was completely unneccesary to write a whole other book to describe them. Besides that it was terribly exasperating to have Teddy and Emily dancing around each other, wasting YEARS of their lives with other people because neither of them would simply SPEAK UP!! Neither of them would simply say, ever, "Hey, I love you. Let's get married." They certainly had plenty of opportunities. So you have to endure an agony of 200+ pages of thwarted love and near misses before they finally stumble onto the truth. All in all a very aggravating read that would have been charming and pleasant in a (much) shorter context.
Rating:  - A satisfying conclusion to Emily's story...
The third and final book about young orphan Emily Byrd Starr focuses upon her struggle to establish herself as an author -- and her overall place as an adult woman. Childhood friend Ilse Burnley is planning her wedding to Teddy Kent, the young artist with whom Emily had established a soulmate connection as soon as she moved to New Moon at age 10. Meanwhile, neither Emily's ambition-filled friend Perry Miller nor the eccentric scholar Dean Priest have ever stopped asking Emily to marry them. How did everyone's emotions and intentions get so mixed up?
Then a terrible accident complicates matters further, and during her long convalescence, Emily begins to seriously wonder what she really wants in life -- and what she's willing to do to set things right.
This book is a beautiful conclusion to a classic trilogy about a very memorable young heroine.
Rating:  - Emilys Request
Cora Alyce Seaman has written a book that I will pass on to my family. She has written a historical account of the Pittsburgh region that I have lived in all of my life and she is very accurate! It is one of those books that you can't sit down for a moment. She captures you immediately with the births of a set of twins and you must know every detail of this story. I look forward to reading more of this author's books!
Rating: - Leisure Reading
Emily series is an excelent set of reading books. If you read Anne of Greengables series and enjoyed them then these books are a must.
Rating: - A heart felt and beautiful ending
The last chaptr in Emily's Tale is much devoted to love, and the longing confusion and heartache therein. Emily's love for Teddy has grown by leaps and bounds, but does he feel the same? She has returned from school in Shrewsbury. to find that her life at dear New Moon is not as it once was gone are the days of care free romps with her friends, who all seem to have foud their own paths to walk. Paths which rarely include Emily Ilse has found her place on the stage and seems happy, Perry is working toward political goals, and Teddy seems to be Doing well, but Emily rarely hears from him. Enter Dean Priest, He challenges Emily, and treats her as an equal. he loves her passionately, but can she say the same? Then Emily gets the news that Ilse and Teddy are to be married(WHAT)and it seems her decision is made She will marry Dean. Or will she? and what about Ilse and Perry's stormy relationship. Yikes is this a complex situation, but a great one! my only complaint is that EQ is much shorter then it's fellows and as such goes by far to fast. But all in all Emily's Quest is truly a wonderful ending to one of the best stories ever written.
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