A review by guinevere_s1994
Cunning Women by Elizabeth Lee

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

2.75

I was not sure what to make of this book at first. It begins quite slow and I was not overly keen on the authors writing style. However, after continuing on I found that I cared about the main character and her relationships with her family and others in her life. Having said that some of the characters actions were a little annoying considering the consequences they faced and it felt like they should have and would have made smarter choices at times. I still enjoyed the story for what it was though. The ending was unexpected though thankfully not as unpleasant as it could have been and it leaves you with a sense of hope for Sarah and her family after everything they have been through. 

The writing style continued to bother me a little. there was a handful of passages I had to reread as the way sentences are broken up makes it difficult to follow the story easily sometimes but as I was reading an ARC I suspect there might be some further editing to go through yet.

To finish off, I would probably recommend this book to anyone looking for a short-ish standalone story that has some challenging moments throughout but has you routing for the main characters and leaves you with a sense of hope at the end. 
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