A review by amdame1
The Steep & Thorny Way by Cat Winters

4.0

Hanalee is a biracial girl living in rural Oregon during Prohibition. Her (black) father died after being hit by a drunk driver almost two years ago. Her (white) mom remarried a close family friend. When the teen who hit her dad is let out of jail, Hanalee meets him unintentionally and he tells her that he did not kill her dad, that the guy who married her mom is actually the one who killed him. Tension is added because the Ku Klux Klan is taking prominence in their town and Hanalee does not feel as safe as she used to.
Based loosely on Shakespeare's Hamlet. So loosely that if the bookleaf hadn't said so, I never would have picked up on it.
I definitely appreciated the diversity and depth of characters and, as a Seattle-ite, the Oregon setting.