A review by abookedbear
Better Angels: A Kate Warne Adventure by Jeff Jensen, George Schall

3.0

Thank you to Net Galley for providing me with a copy of "Better Angels: A Kate Warne Adventure" in exchange for an honest review. I was very pleased with the concept of this book because Kate Warne's story is incredibly interesting and deserves to be told. The illustrations were lovely and set the atmosphere well. The choice of words and overall writing style were authentic and also matched the era, although to be honest I found the story really hard to follow. Once I have read the book I realised how immaculate this story is, but while reading I felt little to no desire to finish it because it is written in a very draining way, which I partially blame on the fact that this book is set in 1861, when the words people used were very different in comparison to the ones we use nowadays. The book is also rather slow-paced, which is not necessarily a bad thing, I just do not like slow-paced books. Overall, some alterations can be made, but it is a nice read.