audio teen/adult fiction - crime/suspense in Ojibwe tribal reservation, Upper Peninsula Michigan (TW: rape and sexual assault, guns and violence, drug overdose--though not overly graphic)
The blurb doesn't sound particularly intriguing, except for the indigenous perspective, but this title got a ton of buzz from librarians and reviewers leading up to the ALA awards (it scored those in multiples), and after finishing the book I can see why. I kind of want to go back and reread the whole thing again but will maybe wait until the waitlist at my library has gone down; I want others to have the chance to read it.
It took a little while to get into the story (lots of characters) but once it got going, it really got going. This has everything: danger/suspense, a probably unwise but irresistable romance, terrific storytelling, excellent narration, strong female characters, complete betrayal, world-class hockey, you name it.
The blurb doesn't sound particularly intriguing, except for the indigenous perspective, but this title got a ton of buzz from librarians and reviewers leading up to the ALA awards (it scored those in multiples), and after finishing the book I can see why. I kind of want to go back and reread the whole thing again but will maybe wait until the waitlist at my library has gone down; I want others to have the chance to read it.
It took a little while to get into the story (lots of characters) but once it got going, it really got going. This has everything: danger/suspense, a probably unwise but irresistable romance, terrific storytelling, excellent narration, strong female characters, complete betrayal, world-class hockey, you name it.