And for the most part it was a hit for me.

holy XXXX, this book is amazing. This story started off really promising with the introduction of the heroine Sixteen-year old Nettie Lonesome. “So not every person fits into the little rooms we build to hold them. There are infinite combinations of human and inhuman, male and female, brown and white.”“She was ugly, was all they'd told her.
Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Sometimes, it's all in the spin. The variety of monsters that are encountered all along the way totally tickled my adoration of fantasy, while the main character, Nettie Lonesome grounded me and filled me with hope and pride.Behold, the western I didn't know that I needed in my life.

These ebooks can only be redeemed by recipients in the US. This is a tricky book for me to give this a star rating to. It would be easy to dismiss it as entertaining, but it is also an important analysis of identity, gender, social conditioning, and the strength of character required to overcome how others see us versus what we know ourselves to be.
The variety of monsters that are encountered all along the way totally tickled my adoration of fantasy, while the main character, Nettie Lonesome grounded me and filled me with hope and pride.This was both a joyful and inspiring read. Valley of the Dolls: 50th Anniversary Edition "—Cherie Priest "There are fast-paced thrill-a-minute novels where the plot twists and wild action just. Something went wrong. According to Pap and Mam, no one including her biological family wanted this half black, half native American girl, so they took her in and tolerated her. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.

Themes of self-worth, gender, and the complexity of identity are treated with frank realism and sensitivity, and the narrative is a love letter to the paranormal western genre." Die Entwicklung des Chauptcharakters ist gerade im Fantasybereich herausstechend. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. A good story, well written, I will look out for this author from now on. Nettie's struggles often deal with both sexual and gender identity. Wake of Vultures is a reference in both effect and appearance to the alternate art "Headhunter" item from the game Path of Exile. Its setting is really American with the use of Native American religion and the myth of the American West, but the story is universal-it's all about finding yourself and your place in the world.

Salt, Brimstone, Silver and Tallow are my weapons in this warIf you like action, suspense, drama, and supernatural bounty hunter romance, you'll love this urban fantasy series from J.E. The one negative is the constant (although understandable based on the story) protagonist's lack of social learning. A nice big disclaimer warns the reader that this is based on a U.S. Old West that never was; a very smart move to keep us history majors from trying to dissect the exact time frame.I think this book probably had two strikes against it (me-wise) going in. Wake of Vultures (The Shadow Book 1) - Kindle edition by Bowen, Lila. Check out my Youtube Channel: A half-breed black/Indian girl comes of age in a fantasy version of the old west, complete with vampires, werewolves, ghosts, chupacabras and all sorts of other monsters.A half-breed black/Indian girl comes of age in a fantasy version of the old west, complete with vampires, werewolves, ghosts, chupacabras and all sorts of other monsters.I LOVED this story!

The main protagonist is fantastically fluid in moving into the new world she finds herself in, without forcing herself into a sterotypical box she feels she doesn't belong in, yet at the same time rock-solid in her own belief and direction.