The book seemed to have very little about the American Daughters, and was instead fully about Ady herself. I think it would have been fine if it was presented that way, but instead felt like it went in a very different direction. 

The story was interesting and well told, and I did like the little I did learn about the American Daughters. I just wish there was more of it. I also liked reading about Lenore and the free black Creoles and business owners. It must have been such an odd and conflicting situation for them.  

I will say I had a hard time reconciling Ady and Sanite’s boldness without much retaliation based on everything else I’ve read about the dominant and violent treatment of slaves by slave owners when they aren’t completely subservient. And there wasn’t much either when they were caught as runaways, which was typically horrific. It just didn’t feel like it lined up accurately, and made it hard for me to sort of feel invested. 

Also, I didn’t understand the constant full phrasing of “slave labor camps also called plantation”. It got a little bizarre that each time it was referenced it was literally the whole phrase rather than just picking an alias and going with it once it was introduced. 

Thanks to Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book. All opinions are mine.