This book is the first of the Zululand Trilogy and takes an in depth dive into historical events of the Griqua tribe and European settlers in late 1800s in southern Africa. The plot is revolves around a slave who wants her Master for herself and gets pulled into dark forces to take care of her Master’s disease stricken wife so that she can take her place.
I don’t usually read historical fictions and this book was a slow start for me since it was so engrossed with the historical and geographical elements that at times I had trouble following the plot. However, I have to commend the Author for doing his research and being able to provide so much detail on the culture and customs during that time period. I was impressed with Oliver Strongs storytelling ability but would have enjoyed it more if there wasn’t as much repetition with the historical facts and more added to the story itself. I did enjoy reading Griqualand and reading a genre I normally wouldn’t pick for myself. I want to thank Oliver Strong for reaching out and giving me the opportunity to expand my reading.
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Kept me on my toes!
I think this did a very good job with telling a part of history but keeping the reader on their toes. I wasn’t particularly familiar with this part of history so it was all new to me but I still enjoyed it. The ending caught me off guard. Love when that happens! Some of the story does change a lot so it was a lot for me to keep up with at times. But I enjoyed it, and it was an easy read!
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Book review 📚: Griqualand
Genre BWWM historical fiction
The writing was beautiful and I can see a lot of research and time was taken to write this beauty, with accurate history.
I did have a hard time getting into not really because of the story changes but really just the words,
I call this intelligent writing so if you enjoy history with a story check this one out.
Soepenberg is a cruel man to his slaves and anyone else besides his wife who has a deadly disease and there is only one way to heal her, Arnou the high spirited slave made a deal with the devil, to change her life from slave to woman of the household but nothing goes to plan.
Temptation to Pleasure and sometimes at the end... Death.
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