Review: Unputdownable Sequel To 'Olivia, Mourning'
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2013
The second in the ‘Olivia’ series starts where ‘Olivia, Mourning’ left off and continues the epic story of Olivia Killion – a young woman born way ahead of her time and now living in Michigan in the 1840s. Forced to make a heartbreaking decision, Olivia fights against injustice wherever she finds it. Never conventional, she sets up a business renting rooms in a boarding house in Detroit. But OK Accommodation is far more than what it appears to be and Olivia never flinches from the danger she continually puts herself in, as she helps runaway slaves escape to the safety of a new life in neighbouring Canada.Through everything she endures, Olivia clings to one shining hope. (I’m not telling you what it is. You’ll have to read the book and find out!) She is one feisty lady and the author’s writing is such that you live this story with her. You suffer with her, cry with her, laugh and rejoice with her. The author is a natural born storyteller and I was sorry to finish the last page.Yael Politis has become one of my favourite authors. She first hooked me with her amazing story of struggle, hope and tragedy in the Middle East during the Palestinian Mandate – ‘The Lonely Tree’. For this new series, she has returned to her Michigan roots and turned out a wonderfully atmospheric ongoing story of a remarkable woman, battling prejudice, bigotry, fear and discrimination in 19th century America. I eagerly await Book ThreeIf you haven’t read Yael Politis yet, you’re in for a treat. If you have, you’ll know exactly what I mean.