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Strands of Bronze and Gold was a very enjoyable book. I felt that the main character, Sophia Petheram, was believable and entertaining, as was the story line. As the story grew I really felt like Sophia was growing as a character and she started to seem more real to me. In this story, Bernard was a character that was extremely easy to be sympathetic too, which made it easier to be sympathertic to Sophia's plight also. I was very glad that became Sophia such a strong woman later in the book--she really stayed true to her morals and her standards and she didn't let her situation ruin her spirit. She is a great example for young girls. This book had a perfect ending--it was a little predictable, but I was really surprised by how everything came about. Jane Nickerson took inspiration from the original Bluebeard story, but gave it a twist ending that I didn't see coming. Even though the book started off slow for me, I think the ending was worth the wait.