The Angel Makers
By Jessica Gregson
I was all twisted up by this book. I had such strong sympathy for Sari, yet her actions were so outside of what I was comfortable with. All the men is this village go off to war and the women are left alone . . . and they figure out that life is a whole lot better this way. They get to flirt with the prisioners in a near by camp, they get to be in control of their lives, and they escape from domestic violence. And then the men come back. Sari’s medical knowledge givers her an option that none of the rest have, and when her fiance starts acting like an utter beast of a man, she flexes her options and removes him from her life. Although it seems like she’s gotten away with it, her actions have unintended consequences as other women blackmail her into helping them take the same route to freedom.
I tore through the pages, unable to look away from the comeuppance I knew was looming, unwilling to root for more deaths, and uncertain of what I would do should I happen to be in a similar situation. It’s thrilling and creepy book, all the more affecting for being based on a true story.
