by Caro Claire Burke
Read by Rebecca Lowman
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Content: There is a lot of swearing, including multiple f-bombs, talk of sex (and some on-page). It’s in the fiction section of the bookstore.

Since the best way to approach this novel is to know as little as possible about this book, I’m just going to give you the pitch we’ve been using at the bookstore: a trad wife influencer wakes up one day to find herself in 1855.

I’ve had coworkers talking about this for months, since they first got a galley. I resisted – mostly – until the audiobook came out. And then, I thought, why not give it a try? A couple of things: it’s worth the hype. And you will need someone to talk about it to when you finish. The characters are all terrible people, and yet the book is utterly compelling. And the narrator? Lowman is FANTASTIC. Absolutely fantastic. It got to a point with about 3 hours left that I ended up staying up until 1:30 am to finish it, and then lay awake for a while to think about it.

Not sure it’ll make my best-of list this year, but it’s a really good book.