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A review by d_jemme
The Snow Gypsy by Lindsay Jayne Ashford
4.0
Thanks, Amazon, for the First Reads opportunity to read this page-turner as an escape from sociology texts. I honestly hate giving star ratings for books because it's so difficult to explain yourself sometimes. This is not, you know, literary reading. It's a lot of historical fiction, a bit of romance, and an independent woman as a lead character who is actually human enough to make a few mistakes.
Some notes: I'm glad I read the acknowledgments and historical facts this book was based on, because in the beginning, I was all "gypsies wouldn't just let someone come hang, c'mon now!" and then I got all offended by how Rose, the lead character, learned all this herbal knowledge from them and then put it in a book with her name on it. Admittedly, yes, I got a little bent out of shape about that for a second.
Still, couldn't put it down and it was the perfect thing to remove me from academic oversaturation for a minute and yes, absolutely, I would like to visit the mountains of southern Spain now and go pick some flowers.
Some notes: I'm glad I read the acknowledgments and historical facts this book was based on, because in the beginning, I was all "gypsies wouldn't just let someone come hang, c'mon now!" and then I got all offended by how Rose, the lead character, learned all this herbal knowledge from them and then put it in a book with her name on it. Admittedly, yes, I got a little bent out of shape about that for a second.
Still, couldn't put it down and it was the perfect thing to remove me from academic oversaturation for a minute and yes, absolutely, I would like to visit the mountains of southern Spain now and go pick some flowers.