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522 pages
Series: The Crystal Calamity (#1)
Published: June 1, 2022 by Aaron/Bach
Western fantasy/Own
I do love love Rachel Aaron, but, hmm, this just felt so slow at times.
I wished it had been more about Mary
Rel sucked
Josie was boring.
Not a lot happened. The premise was good. But something was lacking
Hungry darkness, haunted guns, tunnels that move like snakes—the crystal mines of Medicine Rocks, Montana are a place only the bravest and greediest dare. Discovered in 1866, the miraculous rock known as crystal quickly rose to become the most expensive substance on the planet, driving thousands to break the treaties and invade the sacred buffalo lands of the Sioux. But mining crystal risks more than an arrow in the chest. The beautiful rock has a voice of its own. A voice that twists minds and calls unnatural powers. A voice that turns men into monsters.
Mary Good Crow hears it. Half white, half Lakota, rejected by both, she’s forged a new life guiding would-be miners through the treacherous caves. To her ears, the crystal sings a beautiful song, one the men she guides would gladly burn her as a witch for hearing. So, when an heiress from Boston arrives with a proposition that could change her life, Mary agrees to push deeper into the caves than she’s ever dared.
But there are secrets buried in the Deep Caves that even Mary doesn’t know. The farther she goes, the closer she gets to the voice that’s been calling her all this time. A voice that could change the bloody story of the West, or destroy it all.
That author sounds very familiar. Wonder if I've read something by her? Western though...
ReplyDeleteWell I have like reviewed her series Heartstrikers once a year
DeleteOh it's THAT author
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DeleteOh no! I know that you usually love this author. I really need to read her Heartstrikers series. Maybe that will be next year's project.
ReplyDeleteOmg you have to. U know I love those books to pieces
DeleteI didn't even know about this one, I will have to look into all her independently published series/books because I'm so behind.
ReplyDeleteI have had my eye on it, but it was hard to get a hold of here
DeleteOkay so not a winner, I liked the sound of the title though!!
ReplyDeleteJust not for me this time
DeleteWow, this just seems like a bizarre genre after listening to Heartstrikers and such. Sorry it didn't work for you.
ReplyDeleteLol, I know, not the same feel at all
DeleteBummer! Sometimes slow can work if you're interested. Doesn't sound like the case here if you didn't care for a couple of the characters. This is a long book, too!
ReplyDeleteI just did not care at all
DeleteMaybe book 2 will be better?
ReplyDeleteNot really gonna spend my money on it so nah
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