365 Days of Books

The Hum And The Shiver is first in the Tufa series. I read and had a soundtrack in my head but it didn't sound like this. In this world the Tufa (from tuatha?) settled in this Tennessee county long before it was a county or Europeans had arrived. Bronwyn is a full bred Tufa who left the valley and fought for the US in Afghanistan. She has just arrived back in Cloud County to recuperate from a vicious attack. The tufa have strong connections to music of many kinds but Bronwyn seems to have lost her music. Bronwyn is welcomed back by her family but they know that trouble is coming. Can Bronwyn shake off her rebellious history and its violent connections or will she and her loved ones be pulled down by past actions? Things that are strange and different can be scary or embracing - different things for different people. Bronwyn's character is nicely deep and care is given to flesh out other characters even bringing in some outsiders to the Tufa. I've since bought 3 other pieces by Alex Bledsoe for my Kindle including Firefly Witch Collection and Wisp of a Thing (Tufa book 2) so look for posts of those in the near future.