A review by iffer
Hanging Falls by Margaret Mizushima

4.0

I'm so invested in the characters in this series that there is no way (or very few ways) that I wouldn't enjoy this book.

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It tugged at my heartstrings that Mattie is finally reunited with her sister and her abuela. I could imagine the love, both the sadness and joy, as Mattie's blood family met her chosen family, while eating delicious tamales, to boot.

The plot line with the polygamist group made me somewhat uncomfortable. Margaret Mizushima seems to have tried to portray these characters in a "fair" light, but I couldn't help feeling that it was a bit stereotypical

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and that a polygamy preacher was an easy target to pin murder on

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