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A review by the_midnight_librarian
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
5.0
Gifted by FierceReads (E-ARC) and Libro.fm (ALC) for an honest Review. Wohlew!
Absolutely loved this book.
I felt so many emotions with in the first 30% of the book; I laughed, cried, got pissed, and missed relatives. Which felt like precursor as continued to read the book. I slowly got back in to joy and then dipped back into sorrow as we follow Daunis as she tries to solve this mystery of how meth is being distributed into her community as deaths are mounting up.
Daunis Fontaine was a strong independent young woman who understood her strengths and weaknesses and had the support of her family and community.
This book touched on a lot of important topics in the native community and I thought they were very well handled. There were even discussions on topics I wasn't anticipating and got really excited about as they reflect similar experiences in my life as a native person in California.
I loved hearing about Daunis's family as well as her people's history, particularly the language, if you're able to I highly suggest the audiobook as it helped me understand how certain words were pronounced.
This book made me miss our ceremonies that we have yet to have for a year due to the pandemic, but it gave me that taste of food, comradery and over all "home" feeling and sense to get me eager for when we are able to have them again.
I can't wait for my pre-order of this book to arrive!
Absolutely loved this book.
I felt so many emotions with in the first 30% of the book; I laughed, cried, got pissed, and missed relatives. Which felt like precursor as continued to read the book. I slowly got back in to joy and then dipped back into sorrow as we follow Daunis as she tries to solve this mystery of how meth is being distributed into her community as deaths are mounting up.
Daunis Fontaine was a strong independent young woman who understood her strengths and weaknesses and had the support of her family and community.
This book touched on a lot of important topics in the native community and I thought they were very well handled. There were even discussions on topics I wasn't anticipating and got really excited about as they reflect similar experiences in my life as a native person in California.
I loved hearing about Daunis's family as well as her people's history, particularly the language, if you're able to I highly suggest the audiobook as it helped me understand how certain words were pronounced.
This book made me miss our ceremonies that we have yet to have for a year due to the pandemic, but it gave me that taste of food, comradery and over all "home" feeling and sense to get me eager for when we are able to have them again.
I can't wait for my pre-order of this book to arrive!