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I think the author tried with this book but it just wasn't very good. The main character makes a lot of stupid decisions with basically zero consequences, the romance is goofy, and the mystery felt boring. It's set in frontier-era British Columbia with no mention of indigenous people at all, which feels like an oversight considering the rest of the content. The inclusion of the Chinese and transgender characters seemed well-meaning but was written very clumsily and mostly falls flat.