Kaytee Cobb

So it feels very current and present, even though this book came out a couple years back, because I finally got to read it in paperback.

It stayed in hardback for forever.

Just know, especially if you're a sensitive reader, that your mileage may vary with that because there's a lot going on in these pages that are... There's trigger warnings, a number of trigger warnings that I recommend you search on StoryGraph for if you have sensitivities to violence or sexual violence.

But if you are a lover of historical fiction with strong women protagonists at its core, you've...

probably already read this one.

But if not, it is sure to be a hit for you.

It absolutely was for me.

I gave it 4.75 stars.

So really, it knocked it out of the park for me.

This was The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali.

It's, I mean, it's hard to say.

It really was, without getting spoilery, that central conflict, the fallout after it is a little bit based on miscommunication.

And that is one of my least favorite things as a reader, right?

My reader know thyself profile says miscommunication being a central piece of the puzzle, it doesn't work for me very often.

So that's where I was like,

oh, come on.

If we just talk to each other, don't you think we could fix this?

Very nice.

Well, we know that there are some.

Endlessly interested.