I enjoyed Ona’s story, as heartbreaking as a story about slavery is. But I wasn’t a huge fan of Tessa’s timeline.

I thought Ona’s was a story of bravery and liked learning the history that is often overlooked with the founding fathers owning slaves. Tessa’s however felt like a giant denial of red flags in her relationship and allowances of control that were frustrating, and then an abrupt revelation and shift with a rather simple resolution. If it was just Ona’s story I would have rated it higher but I just got annoyed with Tessa’s side too much.