Mercury is about family of roofers that owns their own roofing business, Joseph & Sons, in the small town of Mercury. Marley comes riding into town with her mother and one of the sons, Baylor, sets his sights on her. Eventually though she ends up with the brother, Waylon. Mercury is a slow burn character-driven family drama set in the small town with an element of mystery underlying the book. The book starts with a decomposed body being discovered in the roof of the local church, and throughout the book from this point over the course of the book we get to know the members of the Joseph family, as well as Marley. We get to see them grow and change over the course of about 8 years, up to the present of the body’s discovery.
I had heard so many good things about this novel, but it didn’t keep my initial level of interest. It just dragged on and I found myself just skimming through the last 3/4 part of the book. I had a hard time connecting with any of the characters.
I had heard so many good things about this novel, but it didn’t keep my initial level of interest. It just dragged on and I found myself just skimming through the last 3/4 part of the book. I had a hard time connecting with any of the characters.