A review by cortney1208
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

A gruesome crime that affects the lives of a young teenage girl, a young mom, an older widow, and a young abandoned child all in different ways. I really love stories told from different povs but tied together in small ways that create huge impacts on everyone involved. All the while treating the west Texas oil fields as a character all their own. 
 This book was haunting and raw. Set in 1970s west Texas, where women meant nothing and the Mexican immigrants meant even less. This book will leave you a little sad, but also hopeful. 
This is your war story. 
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