Review: Longing for Liberty by Wendy Higgins

Longing for Liberty by Wendy Higgins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Oh boy. This book is heavy. It's also scary. And makes me realize I'm very much like Liberty six years prior to the worst day of the lives in the USA.

I don't know how Libby did it. How she was with Amos the way she was. How she conformed to the new society. How she was able to seem meek and lowly wheen she had so much rage and anger and justice inside of her. I would not have survived the beginning years. I would have fought tooth and nail. I would have ended it all before becoming a slave. My temperament would not be able to hold my sharp tongue or expressive face. 

This book made me uncomfortable because for the Itty bitty little bit I've seen in today's news, I feel like this isn't far off from our world. And that is probably the scariest nightmare I'll ever have. I should be more aware of what's going on and invoke my rights, but I'm just hiding away, hoping it will go away. 

Libby is a hero. She sacrificed herself, her mind, her body, her soul, to penetrate the situation and got results. She deserves happiness and from the ending we got it looks like she's on her way there. 

This book is unlike anything I've read. I tend to read happy romances. But Wendy Higgins is an auto read and buy author, so i knew i had to read this novel. And while it was definitely uncomfortable, it brought a lot of thoughts and realizations to me that will stay with me for years to come I'm sure. 

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