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Her Blackfeet name is Po'noka... it means elk...
No spoilers: 2 stars Disclosure: Nobody gave me a freebie copy of this novel in exchange for my review. I do not know the author personally nor his publisher so I paid full price for this preordered novel with my hard earned cash and my review is my honest opinion. First the synopsis... Four young Blackfeet men decide to go poaching a herd of elk on their elders' land parcel... Under cover of night, by moonlight, they randomly shoot into a herd of grazing elk... one of the animals slaughtered is a young elk cow trying to protect its unborn calf... It takes 3 bullets to kill the female elk... all the while she is staring at her killer... she is thinking: You hide in the herd. You wait. And you never forget... Ten years later the dead pregnant elk returns as Po'noka... in Blackfeet it means elk... ... she is Elk Head Woman... a woman with an elk's head and her spirit is a kind of shape shifter so she can possess different women... ... and she will in order to get revenge against the Indians who killed her and her calf... I looked so forward to reading this novel as I like a good Indian story like SCARLET PLUME by Fredrick Manfred and SACAJAWEA by Anna Waldo. The first 25% of the story was incomprehensible to me due to the author's style. In addition, Indian slang, motorcycle slang and basketball slang and terminology are used throughout further confusing readers as to what is going on. The last 20% was better but too little too late. I really can't recommend this novel to anyone and I don't think I'll be preordering anything else that hasn't been reviewed.
July 2020 · Kindle Store · verified purchase
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