This was one of my most anticipated reads of the year as well as an Indie Press List pick from Currently Reading Podcast, so I'm disappointed it wasn't a 4.5 or higher.

Overall I had a good time, the downfall of this is that it dragged in several spots and then the ending seemed rushed. If the pacing may have been worked on throughout, this would've ended up higher. The ending seemed so rushed that it got a bit cheesy, and I think the epilogue needed a little more of 'where is she now' in it. 

A story of friendship and relationships of married and widowed women in an Indian village with a twist of a woman who everyone thinks killed her husband. I think this would be a good book club book as it does discuss caste systems and the life inside and outside of villages etc. 

March has been a really hard reading month for me so I'm just glad this one didn't turn out to be a complete dud, but coming out of a reading slump while reading this didn't exactly help my enjoyment. 

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