A review by bract4813mypacksnet
Auraria by Tim Westover

4.0

Auraria is a marvelous book. Though it is apparently based on a real Georgian ghost town, in the book, natural, supernatural, real and fake cause tension. With its water spirits, sheep fruit, moon maidens, haunted pianos, ghosts (including a headless one and one who plays the piano), and a story-telling invincible terrapin that lives under the mountains, it is comparable to reading an extended fairy tale or folk tale. Wondrous things keep Holtzclaw, the protagonist, busy, but he eventually takes them in stride. The book is filled with playful absurdities, with the qualities of folk tales and legends.