A review by caleb_tankersley
Drowning in Fire, Volume 48 by Craig S. Womack

4.0

This is a wonderful, important novel. The character are vivid and realized and surprise you with their incredibly human reactions. There's some very fancy writing in spots, which makes for a bit of slogging. But I'd say that amounts to about fifteen pages out of 300. The rest is beautifully written. I was emotionally smitten by the ending. Jimmy and Josh are truly a couple for the ages. But there were so many other interestingly drawn aspects to the novel. The Creek history. Lucille's voice. The Ozark small-towniness of the people. The inescapable pall of religion over rural gay men. God, this was just fantastic. An essential read for Queer Native studies for sure, but a great book for anyone to dive into.