Edenland

Written by Wallace King

Narrated by JD Jackson

At the onset of the Civil War, eighteen-year-old Bledsoe, son of a slave and his white master, runs away from the plantation where he was born. Desperately lost in the Great Dismal Swamp of North Carolina, he finds himself witness to a young Irishwoman in the act of what appears to be cold-blooded murder. Through no choice of his own, Bledsoe suddenly finds himself on the run with this strange, nearly feral child of the Dismal swamp. As the country is torn in two, Bledsoe and Alice find themselves united on a journey both tragic and darkly comic, in an epic saga of a country at war with itself and a love so fierce nothing can divide it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Release date: May 24, 2016
• ISBN: 9781511374491

Wallace King

Wallace King is the author of two previous novels, The True Life Story of Isobel Roundtree and Maybelleen. After moving from New York to Los Angeles, she became a screenwriter; Edenland marks her return to fiction.

Reviews for Edenland

[amcheri-1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

If you're looking for a sweeping adventure or action-packed journey through the south during the civil war, this isn't it. It was interesting to experience what life was like for various types of people during the era but the story was just so slow and the number of happy coincidences for the main characters made it a slog for me.

I'd go 2.5 if it was an option and am rounding down since it was, as two stars on GR states, ok.

There's a longer review on C-Spot Reviews but this sums up my experience. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the copy.