Review by erine - Looking for Smoke

erine 's review for:

Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell

4.0

challenging dark tense

Teen angst vibes through this book, but the mystery has a good pace and I liked the characters. Four perspectives rotate so the reader sees multiple perspectives. The main theme of this mystery is the disappearance of one young Blackfeet girl several months ago, and the murder of another during a powwow. Four teenagers are caught up in the investigation, among other suspects.

I did not care for the choice of criminal at the end. While the story addresses not only the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women issue, and it also tackles drugs and dysfunctional families, I felt the ultimate perpetrator(s) got the short end of the stick. They were in a pretty sad situation themselves. I DID love who ended up wrapping up at least part of the case in a fifth perspective at the very end.

So, you know, some parts I loved and some parts I didn't, but the audiobook kept me engaged. It took me longer to distinguish between the two women narrators than it did between the two male narrators, but overall the cast was great.

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