Bell Weather : A Novel

from bookczuk

Bell Weather had, for me, a sort of Firefly/Serenity feel to it, though set in a colonial/revolutionary war type alter-world rather than the future. The land of Floria, with its quirks and foibles of St. Verna's Fire, winterbears, and deadfall, that brutal end of summer, were as much characters o...

from Chipsley

I received a free advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I really enjoyed Bell Weather. It played out like a mystery in the way the story was presented to the reader. The characters were interesting and Molly Bell was a great heroine. I liked her pluck from the very b...

from SnowBunniesBooks

I was very happy and surprised with the quality of this book. Besides being well written, I thought the characters were unique and interesting. Molly, her brother Nicolas, and Tom (not to mention Mr. Bell their tyrant of a father) were original and all had unique personalities. For the first half...

from Meradeth

I haven't read anything in the magical realism genre in quite a while, and this felt pretty close. I reflected several times that this novel had a One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez feel to it. The characters were well fleshed out and interesting, though I'll admit to not fee...

from EmpressReece

Colonial Floria -3.5 stars...So a tavern owner, Tom, rescues a girl, Molly, floating down the river and brings her to the town doctor to recuperate. The story is centered around Molly and her brother Nicholas and the secrets she is keeping from the town and what happens when her past catches up w...