A review by ejordan24
The Frost on His Shoulders by Lisa Dillman, Lorenzo Mediano

4.0

I truly appreciate this complimentary copy of The Frost on His Shoulders by Lorenzo Mediano sent to me by Goodreads First Reads. This is a story of the intense love between Ramon, a poor shepherd and Alba, the daughter of a rich landowner. The extreme measures Ramon took to cross well-defined class boundaries were quite gripping and kept me constantly "on the edge of my seat". The author's elaborate details describing the region and the people were particularly well-written. However, I thought that these "long-winded" details were sometimes a bit distracting to the story. In this story the worst human attributes seemed to prevail which led to a bloody, horrendous outcome. However, the author leaves the reader with hope that good ultimately will triumph.