A review by bitterindigo
The Orphans of Race Point by Patry Francis

3.0

I've been reading short stories or skipping from book to book all summer, so it was enjoyable to just read something all the way through. I kind of hate that I'm too cynical to love this as wholeheartedly as so many other people clearly do. It's certainly a firecracker of a story, with a lovely sense of place and some nicely-written characters. But my goodness, the melodrama is thick on the ground here, and the plot elements are extremely contrived. Some of the early scenes between Hallie and Gus could have been rewritten substituting the names Edward and Bella and they would have fit into Twilight without anyone noticing.