In early 1853, experienced California Trail guide Virginia Reeve is summoned to Boston by a mysterious benefactor who offers her a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: lead a party of 12 women into the wild, hazardous Arctic to search for the lost Franklin Expedition. It’s an extraordinary request, but the party is made up of extraordinary women. Each brings her own strengths and skills to the expedition- and her own unsettling secrets. A year and a half later, back in Boston, Virginia is on trial when not all of the women return. Told in alternating timelines that follow both the sensational murder trial in Boston and the dangerous, deadly progress of the women’s expedition into the frozen North, this heart-pounding story will hold readers rapt as a chorus of voices answer the trial’s all-consuming question: what happened out there on the ice?
MY REVIEW: 2.5 Stars ⭐️
I thought the premise of this book sounded fantastic! The book itself didn’t really meet up to my expectations. I did like some of the characters, but the book just wasn’t what I was hoping for.
The book goes back and forth to the murder trial to snippets of this expedition. I don’t know if this is why it didn’t seem like much of an expedition to me. Either way, the book will appeal to many people in my opinion. The book is not bad by any means, I just wanted more myself.
*Thank you to Netgalley and Sourcebooks for a digital copy of this book.
Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
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