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A review by akacya
Motheater by Linda H. Codega
3.0
2025 reads: 99/300
after her best friend dies in a coal mine, bennie sacrifices her job, relationship, and reputation to uncover the truth behind what’s killing miners on kire mountain. when she finds a half-drowned woman in a mining slough, she’s so drawn to this stranger that she takes her in. the woman, called motheater, can’t remember her real name or what brought her to the mountain. bennie and motheater work together to find out what’s going on in the mines and, by extension, how to save the town.
with this being a sapphic appalachian fantasy, i wanted to love this so badly. and while i did enjoy some aspects, such as the setting and the characters, overall i was just kind of bored. i liked how the setting played into the story and directly impacted the characters’ journeys. i didn’t like the slow pacing, and the plot didn’t quite captivate me. still, while this wasn’t quite for me, i liked parts of it, and it might be for someone else.
after her best friend dies in a coal mine, bennie sacrifices her job, relationship, and reputation to uncover the truth behind what’s killing miners on kire mountain. when she finds a half-drowned woman in a mining slough, she’s so drawn to this stranger that she takes her in. the woman, called motheater, can’t remember her real name or what brought her to the mountain. bennie and motheater work together to find out what’s going on in the mines and, by extension, how to save the town.
with this being a sapphic appalachian fantasy, i wanted to love this so badly. and while i did enjoy some aspects, such as the setting and the characters, overall i was just kind of bored. i liked how the setting played into the story and directly impacted the characters’ journeys. i didn’t like the slow pacing, and the plot didn’t quite captivate me. still, while this wasn’t quite for me, i liked parts of it, and it might be for someone else.