Books I have read with short reviews. Probably useful to no one, but I like to keep track of what I have read and found interesting.
Review:
Gelfuso did a ton with a rather simple concept. I found the read enjoyable with a little romance (too much will-they-won't-they for me to highly recommend it). Certainly worth the read just for the clever way of how the dead are handled.
Review:
This is an interesting book. It is easy to think of the past as a pure time, but evidence always speaks to reality. This book, based on some historical fact, detailed murder and rape not long after the founding of the United States. The story is engaging and well told and I enjoyed Lawhon's effort to fill in the blanks. The protagonist is surely more modern than the times would have allowed, yet still, somehow, fits within the period. The protagonist is also not perfect and Lawhon does a good job of showing that cleanly and without having to invoke surprising twists or artless descriptions. The use of the fox as a way to show shifts of fortune is clever and pleasurable.
