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The subtle visuals written for the characters are spectacular

Peretti's route through story is a rough and bumpy one. Hubs has walked in on my listening twice now and has heard the two scenes I hate most. "It's a Christian book, honest," I giggled. Yeah. If one has to explain that, you got a problem. I'm a lowly indie author and not a NY Best Selling one, so what do I know, but in my own work I feel is wise to NOT plant visuals in readers minds that may cause one to stumble.

The pacing in this book is killing me. I switched from my paperback to audio so I can black out during the repeated explanations about what or who is killing people in the town. Just. Get. On. With. It. Yesterday while painting my flower boxes outside I heard "you know" in the dialogue so many times, I stopped painting and asked the author to "please stop" down to my paint brush.

This book is my top read of 2026 so far. I love the author's conversational writing as well as the documentary feel to this book. I appreciate the authors's careful and respectful reveal of the facts about people behind the famous ship: the captains, ship builders, steelworkers, welders, crewmen, the ship itself, the weather, and Gitchi-gami. Spellbinding work!

It'd be husbandly of me to ask what encouraged her to run, but I'm not going to. Don't think it matters. Our marriage isn't going to last. Our union will be just long enough to assure me she knows what she's doin' with my dogs. The woman will be a rich widow by the end of the day with a sled stocked with provisions and a gaggle of dogs. Thinkin' that's a high leap from the gutter of sorrow she's wallowin' in now.

"Consequences are expensive. I'm done payin' for 'em. The chief taught me this lesson in frugality. He said standing down is the most affordable option." Avery is my absolute favorite character of all time. I am so glad he has Odedeyan, his healer and patient teacher. Poor Avery. Proving he is a new man to the tribes, Jonathan, and himself is proving to be difficult.

The Screaming Man and Kshiwe/ First Man and Shadow. Both legends have been passed down from generations. White Wolf and the Ash Princess, is a newer tale but just as important. The Ojibwe were Keepers of Stories before their language became written word with the help of Father Baraga. It's blowing my mind how this concept expands in the coming novel, Something Old in the Snow. God is THE Master of story. God is good!

"She has my cheeks smooshed between her hands and she's shaking my head... I am looking past her to the sky. There's a cloud floating past her shoulder that looks like the dragon from the library rug at home. I am trying not to blink. You can see the shape shift if you don't." A nod back to White Wolf when young Jonathan told Izzy not to blink while she admired the library ceiling. He said the clouds would move.