Thorn Jack

It was interesting enough that I read the whole thing. Indeed, I was mostly engrossed because I was waiting to see if the many mysteries would be explained. A few were, but most were not, at least with any satisfaction. A very atmospheric tale with some truly lovely parts, but overall this book suffered from trying too hard. Too many characters, all lacking depth; the town is just too quaint and perfect as a setting and too obviously fake; both people and place names are far too telling; too much time spent on describing costuming. I think this author has a lot of potential, but this was a little too unpolished for me.