3,5 stars - maybe 3 My first read by Lisa Henry, and even though I can’t say that I didn’t enjoy it, I’m uncertain of how much exactly I did enjoy it, because : On the one hand, I liked that she didn’t make it easy to get Elijah. He is hungry for love, yet keeping at arm’s length the one person ...
This book was a close-to five-star read for me, but I never had that character-connection or emotional moment I crave when reading. The strongest points of this book are the characters and the atmosphere. It's set in a pre-railroad Wyoming territory, in a small town connecting several mining outpost...