I just finished this book so it's still very fresh and I'm sure after more contemplation I'll have evolved to a slightly different opinoin, however I really enjoyed the book overall. The writer weaves in and out of the story using past and present to allow a certain level of intrigue. There's room for your own speculation and assumptions that allow your imagination to fill in the holes that history itself leaves for you.

This author did a great job researching her materials so that this is a true historical fiction instead of a fictional book based of a few stray pieces of known history. She weaves her story through what's known and what could be based on rational thought and then also hints at the intangible.

I can see where some may not enjoy the scattered thoughts and unanswered questions. Many like a book that flows and is a vacation book that unrolls the story and then wraps it back up with no loose ends. This is not that kind of a book -this one is a tantalizing teaser through to the end.