I have very mixed opinions of this book. The premise was super interesting and I was quite captivated at the beginning and end. The middle kind of dragged and tried to delve too deeply into so many different directions: prison racial dynamics, Native American spirituality, Mexican spirituality. I get what she was trying to do but sometimes seemed too disjointed.

The fonts changes I don’t think were really necessary and looked kind of cheap. Some of the writing feels very dated and doesn’t feel PC today, I was cringing at some of the writing about the jail (especially the raps) from this white author. The meth stuff seemed very Breaking Bad, though I admit this came out first. Also in her defense, the jail aspects do help to highlight his growing desperation to be acquitted due to the horrible nature of the prison system, but the writing could have been better. 

Plot issues:

There’s no way her mother could be 47 like she said in trial as then she had her daughter at 15?! And he was almost twice her age? Seems like a mistake. 

Also this was a case of long triangle where there didn’t seem like a clear right answer. Eric really put himself through hell for her and she seemed repeatedly ungrateful. Delia was honestly pretty messy and unfair with how she handled it and treated both of them, Idk why they’re both so in love with her . 

Also why did her mom give her the spell to help her dad get acquitted while continually helping the prosecution? Did she want him locked up or not? Although I wonder if she didn’t know herself. And do we really believe that if she was SO in love with her husband she had this  affair that she cared enough about to still be with 30 years later? Doesn’t add up to me