There a lot going on here.

We have two timelines, unfolding, representing two different women. It becomes obvious pretty quickly that there are some in our connection, but I won’t spoil that. I think it helped that I was listening to it as an audiobook because the two voice actors helped me keep the two story lines separate, as in many spots they were quite similar. The author was definitely playing with feminism, racism, homophobia, etc, and at times it felt heavy handed. At other moments it seemed like she had rose colored glasses on given the time periods. The “mystery” was well crafted and made sense, which can be an issue with fantasy material.