How can I review this book and not have spoilers everywhere?
I'm not entirely sure I can, honestly, but I will give it a try!
Picking up right where The Evaporation of Sofi Snow left off, Reclaiming Shilo Snow dives more into the family relationships while taking you on the ride of your life. While I felt like Sofi Snow had left me with more questions than anything, Shilo rapid-fire answered a lot of those questions and left me reeling. Some of the answers were not what I wanted, and left me with a bit of an ache in my chest.
One of the most defining moments {for me} in this book was one I thought I was ready for in the first book. Nay, not even just ready for, but almost even wanting. By a third of the way through the second book, I knew I wanted that moment to happen. But, oh man, Mary practically said "Kari, I know you want this. I know many of my readers want this. But *pauses*
*writes more*... there. Sorry, but it just had to be done. And I know you still might not want your original desire, but I'm going to give it to you anyway." To which I just said
"noooooooooo!!!"
Mary has been very open about using this book to shine a giant light on human trafficking, and if you've read it you can see that just screaming from the pages. It's a eerie, haunting fictional representation of how that takes place, with people high up in society not just turning a blind eye, but helping those who would take our young ones and use them however they see fit. This book had me holding my kids close and wanting to be there for them for every little aspect of their lives.
This last year Mary Weber has cemented herself as one of my auto-buy authors, this book just confirming how I feel about her writing style.