Kari August

In 1875, recently widowed Henrietta decides to head west to the Colorado frontier to try to overcome her grief. Her family asks Collan, one of her childhood friends who has recently moved to the same area, to watch out for her. She befriends an Indian woman and a group of neighboring cowboys. She makes her living by selling baked goods from her home. I liked the first half quite a bit, especially the friendships and the humor. However, it all fell apart in the second half, where it became yet another historical fiction with modern sensibilities. The plot becomes highly implausible to the point that I can only say this book is okay.… (mehr)