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Good stuff: multigenerational historical fiction with just a touch of magical realism, set in Appalachia, and featuring a cast of characters that made me run the gamut of emotions. It‘s dark and sad, and does not shy away from the socioeconomic hardships of these people, but the writing is so very lovely.

The full cast on the audio did such a great job with the dialect that at times I was annoyed with it and longed for proper grammar.

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It‘s a story about family legacy, loyalty, and love. It‘s about sociological strangle-holds that are persistent and tangible today.

See post for full review!

https://alissacmiles.com/2019/02/26/bloodroot/
#fiction #magic #south #Appalachia #femalelead

Just started this one and I‘m loving the voice so far. I‘ll be doing a live book review on it Thursday on Instagram. Come join and we‘ll talk about it!

Amy Greene, and husband, Trent Thompson, paying #homage to her #appalachia roots and "inspiring modern #appalachian living through the #literary arts" with their new non-profit bloodrootmountain.org Check out the link! Lucky to see them at my favorite #indiebookstore UnionAve in Knoxville TN. #aprella @Cinfhen @Mdargusch @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi

Thank you again to @Shvonne for such a wonderful gift. It took me a little while to get into this multigenerational tale of a family tied to a mountain and a curse. Once I did though, I was so immersed in Bloodroot Mountain it was as if I was there. There is a lot of love, pain, and longing on these pages sprinkled with just enough folklore. I could have read hundred more pages of Byrdie's accounting of her family history alone. #litsyatoz G

Thank you to my Secret Santa for the lovely book. There was no note in the box so I cannot thank you properly. This is a new to me title and it sounds really good! Many thanks to @BookishMarginalia for putting this together! #summersantagoespostal

I enjoyed this book better than the author's other book, Longman. Bloodroot is a story centered around Mayra and is told from various characters' viewpoints, including Mayra's. Family dysfunction reigns in the rural Tennessee town. Some cringeworthy moments especially between Mayra and her husband's family. The only downside was the characters don't get a good wrap up and makes me want to know what happened to them.

After reading this book I have to agree with all the adjectives I saw describing it on the back cover - fascinating, dark, riveting, brooding, alluring, and wonderful. Glamour magazine said, "Green's prose will cast a spell on you." I couldn't agree more.

I almost passed this one up. Then I saw that a friend of mine gave it a 5-star rating. My #LittleFreeLibrary is going to have to wait just a bit longer for Bloodroot to adorn her shelves. And, yes, my library is a "she"!
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Amy Greene's debut novel was even better than her follow-up (Long Man). Thankfully my Kindle didn't die until right after I finished it... but NOW what will I read?!