I liked Ash and Dana's story...it was kind of a different setup from the typical romance novel and I appreciated how everything came together. Also, them ribbing each other was hilarious! There were some side comments in the text that gave me pause because they came off as really sexist, but overall it was a good story.

Disclaimer: I got this book for free through the Penguin First-to-Read program. I was not obligated to review it, but I did because I wanted to.

So it's kind of about the birth of the FBI, but that's not really the interesting part of this. This is the true story of how members of the Osage tribe were assassinated in the 1920s (and beyond) for their wealth, which they got from oil. Grann brilliantly and skillfully paints a picture of the depth and breadth of corruption on every level as white people conspired to rob, cheat and kill the Osage people for the enormous wealth, which they got because the desolate land that the government resettled them on happened to have huge reserves of oil beneath it. David Grann sets the story in its proper historical, political and social context to show the impact of the Osage murders on the Osage people, as well as the other ways that they were disenfranchised on their own land by the US government and by white people who settled in their community. This was breathtaking and a real page-turner...it reads like a western rather than nonfiction, even though it is highly detailed.

I didn't read this book for a while because from reading the synopsis, I thought I wouldn't like it. But I heard that the audio version was good, so I decided to try it. So I started this book on audio, intending to start it, listen to a few hours and then stop. Many hours later....whew! I chuckled, smiled, sighed and teared up throughout the book. I loved the epistolary-ish format of the book, especially Bee's voice (she's so cool, I want to hang out with her).

The book pokes fun at the Seattle/Microsoft/yuppie stereotypes through the story of Bernadette, and her daughter Bee, and several other key people in their lives. I loved the captivating voices (figuratively speaking, although the narrator also did a great job of making each person's voice sound unique). I loved the utter ridiculous-ness of the story, which made the characters entirely believable. The little details throughout the story provided a richness to it and made it a wonderful read (well, listen).

I'd totally recommend this book, especially on audio.