Blackberry & Wild Rose

A solid book, average in just about every way. The two main characters, Esther and Sara, have a complex mistress of the house and maid relationship, compounded by Sara's past, and while the setup for this particular dynamic is interesting, it doesn't really go anywhere. In fact, the plot in general doesn't seem like it advances much. While it ends in a somewhat satisfying way, it feels like the book took forever to get even that far. The main characters were also vaguely unlikeable in different ways, which made parts of it hard to read/listen to. The silk bits were interesting though, even if the rest of the book likely won't stick with me for very long after finishing it.