*Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in return for an honest review*

This book runs on the atmosphere. I felt an outsider getting a small view of a very closed community. I felt that there are secrets. That I was not told everything despite getting the whole story.
I did not like Myrthen much but I guess she is positioned like that. Early in the book I had the feeling there was more wrong with her than just a very unhealthy obsession with religion. There are more signals from people in her surrounding that it is the case but it never gets explained. Alta is easier to relate with though I did have some trouble with a few of her motivations concerning her relationship. Reading about both woman growing up in the same town with such different lives but still being connected was interesting.
Gabriel's part of the story was lost on me. I read it but it was not what I imagined it would be. Still I kept reading as I had to know if more would happen and what the result would be.