I apologize for going awol! I finished this book back on the 1st but have been in a bit of a funk when it comes to writing. I will have another Review for you in the next couple days too since i have finished yet another book since this one. It’s time for me to get back on track!

Along the Indigo was kind of different but not in bad way. I really liked the book and found it pretty interesting yet sad. It could be a study of the human condition and is well written

Marsden is our main character who has a pretty awkward living situation and a sad depressing family history. Though her family owns a bit of land they are pretty poor because the land is worthless to them monetarily. It seems that the land is cursed and holy all at once. People pilgrimage there to commit suicide but hold the belief that if you hold the soil there as you die your soul will not be condemned.

Enter Jude who also has a dark past and a need for closure given his brother’s recent death. Closure he believes he will find on Marsden’s family land. But it ends up that more than just that bit of property is linking these two together.

This story is quite dark. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone looking for an upbeat happy go lucky story because that’s not what this is. Though the story doesn’t end badly I wouldn’t say it is a happily ever after kind of ending either. It’s just the right kind of ending for this book.

I did however try to find the place where this book is set given the clues in the story and came up with nothing. There is no Indigo River that I could find in the US, let alone in the area it would have been in given the reference to Idaho. But oh well, the realness of this place is not important really, I was just curious.

I enjoyed the differentness of this book. Sometimes we get stuck in a genre or in a bubble of one type of story or ending and you just need something to kick your mind out of the rut, and this book did that for me.

Now I do have to warn you, though there isn’t much violence directly in the book there is instances where it is references or implied. Also suicide plays a very prominent role in this book so if you are bothered at all by those subjects I encourage you to avoid this book for now, though I suppose that would depend on your level of discomfort with those subjects. I hate to recommend anyone avoid this book because in reality it was a pretty good story.

Otherwise, my little booklings, dare to try something different, you may be pleasantly surprised!

I will give Along the Indigo 3.5 out of 5 stars mostly for it’s differentness.

I received a copy of Along the Indigo from NetGalley for a fair and honest review. Thank you!