Book review. Green Grows the Grass, by Barbara Smith

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24406610-green-grows-the-grass" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Green Grows the Grass" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1420852908m/24406610.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24406610-green-grows-the-grass">Green Grows the Grass</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7707499.B_A_Smith">B.A. Smith</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1192331231">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
This book is a page turner from the very first paragraph. Fiction intertwined with history compels the reader to read on and find out more. The usage of Spanish in between creates authenticity to the South-American setting. Characterization is very well done. That is why one can't help feeling deeply for Felicia, love Katie and despise others.<br><br>In spite of the story being a mystery with many tense moments, I find the slow pace at which the events play out, very relaxing, so in contrast to the fast paced, action stories we often get bombarded with. Detailed descriptions of the environment, the people and their way of life, places you right next to the characters in the middle of wherever they are and whatever is happening to them.<br><br>Green Grows the Grass is a book that will stay with me for a long time. If and when it starts fading from my memory, I will read it again. And again.
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