I thoroughly enjoyed Schroff’s debut novel. I can’t share specifics about the moment I knew that I had fallen in book-love without spoiling, but essentially the tone fell into place for me about a third of the way into the novel and it never disappointed me thereafter. Not that I should be too worried about “spoiling” this book – it isn’t a novel based on solving a mystery of any sort. Certain plot points unfold in ways both predictable and delightful (if a little gruesome […]
Friendship and love in the midst of “a shitstorm of murder, mayhem and blackmail.”
The Bandit Queens by Parini Schroff
