I was attracted to the book’s premise of exploring the lives of women who homesteaded in the American West without men. It is a Victor LaValle story, though, so you know some spooky shit is going to go down. I didn’t love this story as much as I’ve loved some others of his–even Big Machine, as weird as it is, felt a bit more adult and nuanced–but it is nonetheless a cracking good story and a fast read with some delicious atmospheric spookiness built into the already-haunted lands of Montana at the turn of the 20th century.