Entertaining

The Women Of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller is a contemporary fantasy novel that I enjoyed. It is a departure from my usual genre but I found it very entertaining.

Kristen Miller has constructed a comprehensive plotline that is well executed.

As we follow the women of Wild Hill, we learn of their desire to protect women and to preserve the planet. There have been sacrifices in the past in order to enable the three to work together to save the planet – what this looks like no-one knows, not even the women.

For over four hundred years the women in the family have each received a gift. Some are happy with their gift, others are not. They are told “your two greatest gifts are exactly the same. The family and each other.” It is family first.

There has been a thirty-year rift but that has a forced ending as the women are each recalled supernaturally back to Wild Hill.

All the characters were well drawn. There were those who took advantage of their status to trample and to deceive. And there were women who tried to right the wrongs. Various responses were elicited from the reader.

The Women Of Wild Hill was very entertaining – a perfect read for a misty autumnal night.

I received a free copy from the publishers. A favourable review was not required. All opinions are my own.

JULIA WILSON