The Roanoke Girls: A Novel
Nothing to do with Roanoke, the lost colony in North Carolina like I thought (Roanoke is simply the family's last name) but it's a decent contemporary mystery. There are things that bothered me but not the things you'd think. It wasn't the drama that some people found too disturbing. I can and have dealt with worse. It was certain scenes that were blatantly misleading the story to a fantasy direction. I'm not usually a reviewer so I'm not gonna detail my issues 'cause I'm lazy. I'm mostly bothered about the name. I'm originally from N.C. so I got excited thinking I was gonna read about the lost colony. I was mad when I first finished reading but now I'm not 'cause it's not that bad which is why I edited this review. No hate, but no love. I just expected a fantasy-ish novel about the real lost colony. Maybe that's my fault for not researching the book too much, maybe it's the author's for borrowing that name and hinting within the book about magical feelings when there is no magic whatsoever in this book. Just shitty people and manipulation. basically: meh.
