steel_city_peach 's review for:

Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell

4.0

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Pretty Good 

I love learning about Indigenous people, so I was really excited about this book. The emphasis on the high rate of missing and murdered Indigenous women was heartbreaking, but so informative. Reading about their life on the reservation was really interesting to me. I was surprised by how mean they were to Mara because she wasn’t raised on the reservation. At first, the story felt a little slow. It really picked up in the end. I suspected the culprit, but then I started to have my doubts. When the truth came out, I was shocked by the motive. With that information plus the big reveal at the end, I was completely invested in the storyline. This turned out to be a twisty murder mystery with a lot of education thrown in.