I didn't like it. I felt like it was lacking details, and while the Civil War fascinates me, I wasn't fascinated with this book. Just when I started to get interested in the book, it was over. Honestly, it should have been longer, especially since there are so many directions Peck could have gone in for the novel.

There wasn't anything really interesting, but some of the traditions that Delphine (one of the strangers from New Orleans) talks about at the end was the most fascinating. I was bored and there wasn't anything to really hold my interest. The length is probably the only reason why I kept reading.

The first chapter and the last chapter...I don't get why they're even included. I felt like they were just tacked on to wordpad- and not only that, but it was a terrible attempt at setting up the story and then telling us what happened to the characters.

I just couldn't care about the characters, but Delphine and Calinda were somewhat interesting. Maybe the story would have been better if they were the narrators.