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A review by a_chickletz
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
4.0
This was a great debut. Damn.
The mixture of science, teen drama, suspense, romance and marginalized voice made it just a really, really good fall read.
I loved the voice of the main character, and I loved how it had a Veronica Mars noir vibe to it but in early 2000's and, on reservation grounds. I think it could work as a film or a made for TV film.
What made it even better is being from MI and familiar with the locations and places referenced in the story. It felt like I was back in time to when I was a teen (I'd be around her age) and at the places she was mentioning. I had read another book previously by an author from MI and found it awful in its fictionalization of MI locations. But this author gave it 100% accuracy and I gotta applaud her.
Anyway. The ending took me for a ride and a surprise.
The mixture of science, teen drama, suspense, romance and marginalized voice made it just a really, really good fall read.
I loved the voice of the main character, and I loved how it had a Veronica Mars noir vibe to it but in early 2000's and, on reservation grounds. I think it could work as a film or a made for TV film.
What made it even better is being from MI and familiar with the locations and places referenced in the story. It felt like I was back in time to when I was a teen (I'd be around her age) and at the places she was mentioning. I had read another book previously by an author from MI and found it awful in its fictionalization of MI locations. But this author gave it 100% accuracy and I gotta applaud her.
Anyway. The ending took me for a ride and a surprise.