The Girls in the Stilt House

3.5

I picked this one up, first because of the cover. It's beautiful, but also because they labeled it as “perfect” for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing. I loved Crawdads and hoped for another fantastic read along those lines. Unfortunately, this wasn't nearly as good as that book. I found it slow and choppy. And neither Matilde nor Ada were all that engaging as characters. However, it wasn't a complete miss. The author did a very good job with the setting and time period.