Title: Bonavere Howl
Author: Caitlin Galway
Genre: Historical fiction, middle grade
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
In New Orleans in 1955, the languid heat presses down on everything. Thirteen-year-old Bonavere, the youngest of the Bonavere sisters, has her best friend Saul to turn to and her two older sisters. Her parents pay the sisters no mind, even when middle sister Constance goes missing.
Some of the blame falls on Saul and his family because of their race, but Bonavere knows that isn’t true, so she sets out to find what really happened to Constance. Her questions lead her to the wealthy Lasalle family, and stories of girls found half-mad in the nearby swamps. Bonavere has no idea what secrets she’ll stir up when she starts asking questions. She just wants her sister back.
I’ll read just about anything set in New Orleans, and this novel captures the feel of the city very well: the heat, the cobbled streets, the craziness…However, most of the story itself is a bit inexplicable to me. Things happened, but I couldn’t always see the connection to them and anything else, and I’m still not sure exactly what was going on.
Caitlin Galway’s newest novel is Bonavere Howl.
(Galley courtesy of Guernica Editions via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.)
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