i really enjoyed learning about the indigenous community explored through this story and their traditions. it was extremely insightful and i loved the metaphor for these people infiltrating the community just like how the native population was invaded by white people when they first came to america. but this was a bit slow for me and i'm not a huge fan of apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic stories. i still highly recommend this book overall tho.
lovedddddd the writing because it has this beautifully horric nature, the body gore was top notch, and the themes in this book really resnoated with me but it dragged a lot. it also felt like it was messy and trying to do a lot. overall i end up with a lot of mixed feelings and emotions about this book because part of me was bored and part of me was entertained
overall this book was just okay and a bit long. the reason this is a 2 star instead of like a 3 is because this was inspired by the trail of tears which is a real life road that indigenous women still go missing on every day. idk if chevy stevens was really the person to tell a story based on that because she barely touched on it and the issue of missing and murder indigenous women.