A review by mollybnorth
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

5.0

Easiest 5 Star I’ve given out all year. This book deals with so much more than an investigation. This talks about addiction, PTSD, the complicated feelings about identity, women holding their own in a male-dominant world, and addressing what happens when law enforcement steps in to Tribal Affairs. Daunis is such a relatable character who is everyone who has felt like they don’t belong in just one world. I could not stop reading this. She shows a unique cynicism in her doubt of her family members but shows a fierce protection and obligation to take care of everyone. It seems like through the whole book even those who claimed to be helping her treated her as expendable and set her up to fail. Her cynicism is what saves her but at what cost. By the end, she shows maturity I myself don’t think I could show now by letting someone go because she loves them but also loves herself. Her explanation by the end where she reflects on the missing and murdered indigenous women and those forgotten by the law was so poignant and also heartbreaking.