I really enjoyed the overall feel to the historical murder mystery, it uses the setting and glad I got to go through this story overall. It had that element of mystery that I was hoping for and thought the overall feel of the plot worked with everything that happened. I enjoyed the way Jacquie Pham wrote this and created these characters, I'm excited to read more from Jacquie Pham.

Beautifully written, but…
Virtually every character was loathsome…truly loathsome.
While all this reflected the coruscating effect of colonialism, it did not make for a pleasant read.
The cruelty was overwhelming.
For me, there was also major inconsistency in the characters’ depiction.
And the time shifts eere very confusing
I wanted to like this much more than I fid