Cahokia Jazz

I was really looking forward to reading this from the blurb I'd read, and I enjoyed the concept of the book. I liked not knowing everything about the society of Cahoka and learning about all the different characters. However, I really really hated the ending of it. Joe was so happy and then he dies? Okay, he dies a hero saving the woman he loves and can't have and also the city, but still.... The book did start out rather slow for me, but the last third of it was action packed. I will say that one should read the acknowledgments of the author at the end of the book. It explains how/where the alternate history starts and the very last paragraph of his acknowlegements does give a little insight into something that happens in the book.