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The Moral Compass (Shaking the Tree Book 1)

por K A Servian

Séries: Shaking the Tree (1)

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Florence is shielded from the filth and poverty of Victorian London by her father's money and status. But when he suffers a spectacular fall from grace, she must abandon everything, including the man she loves, and travel to the colony of New Zealand when compromise and suffering await her. Against the odds, she finds security and love. However, her decision to risk everything to enjoy some of the trappings of her previous life costs her dearly. She must live with the heartbreaking consequences of the choice she has made. Her ordeal leaves her battered but wiser and sets her on a new path. The Moral Compass begins a journey that Florence will continue in the sequel, A Pivotal Right.… (mais)
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Borrowed Book By: I submitted a purchase request at my local library which was accepted. I was able to borrow the copy they purchased for me to read which was lovely. I decided to share my thoughts on the first installment for my own edification. I was not obliged to post my opinions or thoughts and likewise was not compensated for their inclusion.

You truly are attached to the approach Servian makes to alight inside the world of this young woman - travelling abroad, facing tempests of rage on the sea with her father and her brother. As this was writ in an Epistolary styling, you feel even closer to her ordeal as emotionally, Servian has her readers well by entrusting us with the truth straight out of the gate without softening the directness of what must be told. When travelling by ship, it is hard to reconcile loss - cast off so far from where you started your journey and not even yet arrived to where you were destined; it is a loss on all fronts, and this is what made the opening pages so very dramatic to read! You can instantly connect with the protagonist - not just for the heartache but the desolation and uncertainty which follows.

I appreciated the poet nature of Servian, to tuck us close inside how Florence perceives the world inasmuch as how she internalises her experiences. It is lovely to find an author such as this whose a wordsmith who can deepen the historical backdrop by placing us inside the eloquence of sophisticated depictions and declarations. I love finding this style - it is one of my favourites for reading Historicals as the writers who marry the older variants of speech and historic detail whilst consuming our minds with an enlightening plot are the ones who hold my attention the most!

Time continues to shift forward as we settle into the relationship being built between Florence and Emile. Theirs was a relationship forged out of a circumstance that by default of the customs of their day ought not to have happened as it was against social norms. There are moments like these where you truly see how restrictive women were and how despite the earnest interest of men, they did not have as much freedom to pursue someone they were keen on growing attached unless they could come up with a few creative ways to ensure their rendezvous.

Why brothers would even consider to dilute the love of their sisters is unknown, though in truth I believe he was trying to save her feelings and her heart; knowing the extent of their father's distrust of the French. For Florence had falling in love with a Frenchman and her secreted relationship was clearly against all boundaries of society - the fact her brother aided her attempts to see this man was telling. For he had his own reasons to keep Florence's secret and that in of itself spoke volumes about his own character inasmuch as his morals.

There is a moment in the early pages where we first learn what A Moral Compass encompasses and how it cross-relates into the narrative itself. Despite knowing the definition used and how it is brokering to affect the connection Florence shares with Emile, what is critical to note is how interesting it is limited to only one point of view and places the blame on women when it takes two to make a relationship. Both of Florence and Emile had chosen to go against the rules of their own houses in order to let the sparks between grow into a mutually accounted love affair. They knew what they were doing and they still decided to go against convention - it is not just a question of morality and spiritual enlightenment but rather, what is the truer cost of living in the height of the moment in pursuit of (perceived) true love?

This is a story broaching a heavier topic of what happens when your fate is reversed, where your safety nets are erased and where you have only your wit, grit and determination to turn round the clock on what has suddenly become your new normalcy of life. For Florence it was nearly too much to overturn and yet, here her brother was suddenly finding himself empowered to make a go of the place. It proves that sometimes a change as radical as the one they were experiencing now is enough to give someone a swift kick in the right direction after living a life on the rails!

What staid with me the most is how Florence truly staid a woman of her faith, strongly attached to her moral convictions and each time life sought to destroy her, she proved her fragility was only of the surface. She was a remarkable woman of strength, seeking to right the sails of her life even when everything was shattering round her and that I think, is a testament of how not allowing adversity to best you. Even when it felt there was no recourse for what she knew and what she had witnessed, she still found a way to redeem herself. She never gave up the hope of finding out what became of Jack - a part of her I think never truly let go of him. How unkind it was for them to truly become separated not out of a lack of love or commitment but due to the actions of others who were acting on their behalf without even a measure of remorse for those actions.

What I appreciated the most about how Ms Servian approached writing this series is that it is first and foremost a historically connected set of stories. You can see the history behind the lives been explored - where there are stark differences in class structures and in the livelihoods available to everyone who comes in and out of Florence's life. The story is generational from the point of perspective that we first must understand how Florence lived her life before we can move into the life of her daughter Viola. This novel feels like it serves as the anchour between where Florence's chapters resolve and Viola's begin, as the third novel (which is forthcoming) is entitled: Slaves in Petticoats which picks up Viola's tale from the conclusion of A Pivotal Right.

The continuity is maintained to a high layer of insight on behalf of Servian, where you can move very easily between A Moral Compass and A Pivotal Right - to the brink, even after another decade slipping through our fingers, we are still very much connected to these characters. The distance does not feel great at all and that is a credit to how Servian approached telling the sequel. She picks up the pace straight at the beginning, where we now find Viola enjoying the past-time of her mother (smiles) which is to journal her journeys. This series is happily stretched between both Epistolary sequences and historical narrative - giving us the best of both worlds.

// This is a quotation of my full review originally shared via jorielovesastory.com
  joriestory | Jan 17, 2019 |
I’ve read books that had Australia as their backdrop but not New Zealand so I was quite interested to visit the country – at least in my mind. Florence was a young, gentlewoman who grew up in society somewhat protected from the harsher side of life. The only time she defied her father was in the choice of a young man; she fell in love with a Frenchman. This was just not something he was going to stand for – a foreigner daring to court his daughter. But Florence is in love. Little does she know that her life is about to change is more ways than she could ever imagine as the family – her brother and father and Florence – suddenly packs up and heads to New Zealand.

Florence doesn’t understand why her life has been so uprooted but she soon learns that her life is not what it was and she had been living a lie. New Zealand turns out to be the type of challenge she had never faced before. Her brother is of no help and in some ways he places her in impossible situations. Florence learns her true self as she struggles to adapt to a life without all that she knew.

I will admit that I struggled a bit with the book at first but was soon involved in the story. The characters truly engaged my imagination and I felt myself swept away into rough and tumble New Zealand as it was beginning to populate. The requisite good guys and bad guys play against each other with some that could be either. Or both! There is much to keep the reader engaged and intrigued and I can’t wait for the next volume. ( )
  BooksCooksLooks | Jan 31, 2018 |
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Florence is shielded from the filth and poverty of Victorian London by her father's money and status. But when he suffers a spectacular fall from grace, she must abandon everything, including the man she loves, and travel to the colony of New Zealand when compromise and suffering await her. Against the odds, she finds security and love. However, her decision to risk everything to enjoy some of the trappings of her previous life costs her dearly. She must live with the heartbreaking consequences of the choice she has made. Her ordeal leaves her battered but wiser and sets her on a new path. The Moral Compass begins a journey that Florence will continue in the sequel, A Pivotal Right.

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