Joanne Bischof

Thor Norgaard hasn't spoken to anyone in his twenty-eight years, but when the young widow he loves crosses an ocean to live on his Appalachian farm, this reclusive alcoholic will brave much more than words to heal her heart.

A Novel

Sons of Blackbird Mountain

Mary Horton

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

All words fail me right now. Not my favorite book of hers, but mostly that was because I read it verrrrrry slowly over the course of longer than a month, so that inhibited my ability to really engage with the story/characters.

Still . . . absolutely, breathtakingly lovely. It was literally the PERFECT book for right now, as the setting was an apple orchard (which I visited just last weekend) in the mountains of Virginia (where I am currently) during the same months that I read it. LITERALLY PERFECT, RIGHT??

Goodness gracious, I adore this book. The setting, the characters (THOR AND HIS BROTHERS AND AVEN <3), the Norwegian/Irish aspects, the themes, the writing - basically everything.

Perhaps I'll write a more detailed review when I have time, but for now, all I have to see is: I love this book.

(P.S. I maaaay be just a little hyped about the fact that this is a series. CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SEQUEL AHHH)

4.5 stars!

Heather Wood

My first, but not last, Bischof book. Beautifully written, nontraditional characters, lovely story.

Sons of Blackbird Mountain A Novel

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