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A review by fireflyhollow
The Enchantment by Kristin Hannah
3.0
[b:The Enchantment|909000|The Enchantment|Kristin Hannah|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387727684s/909000.jpg|288286] by [a:Kristin Hannah|54493|Kristin Hannah|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1417050721p2/54493.jpg] is a story of two broken people on a quest of treasure and romance. Emmaline Hatter, aka the Mad Hatter of Wall Street, has lost everything in the economic crash of 1893. Larence Digby, a crippled professor at Columbia University, has dreamed his entire life of finding the lost Native American city of Cibola. Before the economic crash, Emmaline donated $10,000 to Larence's expedition as an owed favor to a mutual friend. Realizing that this already funded expedition is all she has left, Emmaline sets out on the journey with Larence through the desert of New Mexico in search of this lost city that will, if found, restore all of her fortune and then some. To Larence, this expedition is his life's work; the treasures he hopes to find there represent more than simple monetary value and he is determine to convince Emmaline of this before they reach the city he is confident he can find.
Pros:
• I was very impressed that [a:Kristin Hannah|54493|Kristin Hannah|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1417050721p2/54493.jpg] could make what would seem like a very boring trip through the desert interesting. The story never dragged and kept me turning page after page.
• Both main characters were very complex with multiple layers of hurt and mistrust they had to help each other dig their way out from.
• The emotions, for the most part, felt very real.
Cons:
• Normally having a story told from two points of view isn't a problem; however, in this book [a:Kristin Hannah|54493|Kristin Hannah|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1417050721p2/54493.jpg] hops back and forth from paragraph to paragraph without some type of break between the two perspectives. It was a little confusing at first and simply annoying after I got used to it.
• I was really loving this story and thinking that I would end up giving it a 4 or 5 star rating. Then, about 2/3 of the way in it turned away from the great adventure and into more of a Harlequin romance novel. It crashed and burned pretty quickly for me after that.
Pros:
• I was very impressed that [a:Kristin Hannah|54493|Kristin Hannah|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1417050721p2/54493.jpg] could make what would seem like a very boring trip through the desert interesting. The story never dragged and kept me turning page after page.
• Both main characters were very complex with multiple layers of hurt and mistrust they had to help each other dig their way out from.
• The emotions, for the most part, felt very real.
Cons:
• Normally having a story told from two points of view isn't a problem; however, in this book [a:Kristin Hannah|54493|Kristin Hannah|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1417050721p2/54493.jpg] hops back and forth from paragraph to paragraph without some type of break between the two perspectives. It was a little confusing at first and simply annoying after I got used to it.
• I was really loving this story and thinking that I would end up giving it a 4 or 5 star rating. Then, about 2/3 of the way in it turned away from the great adventure and into more of a Harlequin romance novel. It crashed and burned pretty quickly for me after that.