A great adventure story in the feminine

One is struck by this story. From the first lines, we want to know more, we deal immediately with the characters and embarks with the Filles du Roy to New France from 1663 where many dangers but also many joys await them.
It seems to me that the description of the Belle Province is faithful to the historical truth. Ville Marie, Montreal will become, is still only a fortified village with thatched roofs burned too often under the flaming arrows of the Iroquois. The four girls whom we endeavor will witness the horror of their attacks but also their generosity.

But they have left France to find husbands in this colony where few women survive and two of them will awaken to a whole new feeling, a new love. We will leave it because this book is obviously the first of a series, and after reading it, one can only wait impatiently for the release of the second volume.

However, it is better not to be a fierce anti-clerical, unconditional atheist if you will enjoy this novel. Indeed, the main heroine, Iris, will find faith on the boat that leads to the Americas, and the glorification of Catholicism that slips into many pages may upset some readers. For my part, I nevertheless supported some regretted.

It remains that "A promise land" reminded me of some of the 19th century novels I read when I was thirteen or fourteen with everything they had wonderful and exciting.