The Wicked City

I am usually a real fan of Beatriz Williams' books, but this one just is not my favorite. I found the two plots to be muddy and unrelated- they both detracted attention from each other. I felt like Gin's story was just really far fetched and hard to really follow. I did like that Gin was from Western MD, as it is also where I was raised, but it just did not capture the authentic spirit of Appalachian Maryland. I was going to complain about how the dialect is completely wrong (which, it is, but I also did not live in 20s, but then again, I had relatives who did and they have a very specific speech pattern) but, the author herself commented on how it her dialects may not be correct, so I will reserve my further critiques of this.

Also, I really, truly, hated how both characters seemingly feel in love with their respective men because the women cried on the men's shoulders. It was just so shallow and predictable- imagine more depth and men who dared to show some emotion?

I hope the next book is a lot better.