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History buffs who focus on post-Civil War America would like this book. Set in Washington, D.C., and rife with both political machinations by the men and how women were expected to act, but often didn't (!) embellish this story about Abigail Cabot, 2nd daughter to Senator Cabot. He would dearly love for one of his daughters to marry the Vice President's son. Abby has been enamored of the boy since they were children, but what she thinks of a love might better be characterized as something else. Especially after she meets Jamie Calhoun, a Virginia representative. His past has convinced him he can never love, but that doesn't stop him from coaching Abigail in her efforts to help her sister respond to the interests of the Vice President's son. Through a series of letters that Abigail writes on behalf of her disinterested, practically illiterate sister, she succeeds in inspiring the young man to propose, but to whom? And how does Jamie feel about that when his efforts to help Abigail show the world--and herself--how inspired she is? After all, she's a gifted astronomer that no one appreciates except Jamie. Certainly, the man she THINKS she wants to marry has no clue, nor does he seem to understand her.

The complications in this historical romance are delightful as they unravel and re-ravel, tightening the emotional nooses around the key characters in ways they never imagined.


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Halfway To Heaven Susan Wiggs 9781551668376 Books Reviews

love her books.
I love Susan Wiggs' books. Her characters include strong women, like Abigail in this story, and her books have the right amount of romance and sexual tension without being too graphic. This is a delightful story and I'm enjoying the Calhoun series immensely.
Part of the Calhoun series. Worth reading them all if you like the romance books
While I have always enjoyed Susan Wigg's book, especially her Chicago Fire Trilogy, Halfway to Heaven was somewhat laborious for me to read. In fact, it took me six weeks to get through it. Unlike some of her others that were real page turners where I could not wait to sit down and read, this was a book that I put down for a few days and then maybe only read a half a chapter at a time. I kept looking to the end pages to see how much was left.
The characters of Jamie and Abbie are very endearing and they are not the problem here. It just seemed that we knew the point of the story right in the beginning. The road to the conclusion seemed contrived if not predictable and it took way to long for me to get there.
It's not that it is a bad book, but it was a disappointing one considering some of her other wonderful works.
I like the way Susan Wiggs writes; simple, to the point with words I can understand. Set in the 1800s in Washington D.C., its the story of two sisters, the older one beautiful and the younger not so, with a deformed foot that she tries desperately to hide. Their father, their only parent, wants only the best for them but the youngest, Abby, feels that in order to gain her father's approval she must marry a man of wealth and prestige. She sets out to fix her sister up with the man she loves, Mr. Butler, a military man, a Leiutenant. In the meantime Jamie a representative from Virginia has moved in next door and through his own hand changes the outcome of matters. When Abby is engaged to be married to Lt. Butler, she finds that what she thought she wanted isn't any more. A few twists and turns place the right couples together with a happy ending. I did enjoy the Astrology part which Abby was very interested in. All in all a very good story.
I enjoy Susan Wigg's historical novels and like this series so far. This had very interesting parts but the whole did not hang together completely. Her characters were quirky-a good thing. The political backdrop worked well fir the story. But once the characters move through the situations, they need to react believably. This didn't happen. The relationships felt forced and changed oddly. The relationship between the sisters and their's with their father was confused and inconsistent. The sisters with their lovers felt off as well-especially Helena and Rowan. This is only explained as a set up for the next book in the series. Read the series and this book has more interest. Alone, not so much.
Abigail Cabot is the socially awkward youngest daughter of a powerful U.S. Senator, bound to disgrace herself at any social function and constantly overshadowed by her beautiful older sister. She finds solace in gazing at the night sky and has become well known for her scientific interests, which only furthers her exclusion in society.

Newcomer on the political scene, Jamie Calhoun, decides to befriend Abigail in hopes of gaining favor with her father and helping her gain the attention of Lieutenant Boyd Butler, whom she has long admired from afar. When Jamie's plans begin to work too well, he realizes that he himself may have feelings for Abigail but has he left it too late to declare?

This was the weakest book in the Calhoun Chronicles so far. It lacked the exotic locale of The Charm School, the intriguing characters of The Horsemaster's Daughter, and just fell a little flat. Jamie and Abigail were both fairly unexciting and seemed unbelievably dense the majority of the time. The supporting characters, such as Abigail's family were shallow and uninspiring as well. Read this if you're reading the entire series, but definitely don't start with this one.
History buffs who focus on post-Civil War America would like this book. Set in Washington, D.C., and rife with both political machinations by the men and how women were expected to act, but often didn't (!) embellish this story about Abigail Cabot, 2nd daughter to Senator Cabot. He would dearly love for one of his daughters to marry the Vice President's son. Abby has been enamored of the boy since they were children, but what she thinks of a love might better be characterized as something else. Especially after she meets Jamie Calhoun, a Virginia representative. His past has convinced him he can never love, but that doesn't stop him from coaching Abigail in her efforts to help her sister respond to the interests of the Vice President's son. Through a series of letters that Abigail writes on behalf of her disinterested, practically illiterate sister, she succeeds in inspiring the young man to propose, but to whom? And how does Jamie feel about that when his efforts to help Abigail show the world--and herself--how inspired she is? After all, she's a gifted astronomer that no one appreciates except Jamie. Certainly, the man she THINKS she wants to marry has no clue, nor does he seem to understand her.

The complications in this historical romance are delightful as they unravel and re-ravel, tightening the emotional nooses around the key characters in ways they never imagined.