(This review is my own opinion and NOT affiliated with any other literary entity)
Every fairy tale has a heroine and the woman who challenges her, but only one can be queen. Two women, once friends, meet to discuss their past and why they have not spoken in nearly 5 decades. Both women moved past their vastly different, but difficult childhoods. Once close friends, a betrayal push them apart. Lacey secluded herself in the hotel her family owned. Edith married and became a school head mistress. They meet, probably for the last time for a final confrontation. The tense, terse novel plays out like a chess match, each move calculated, meant to keep the other player in check. Author Mariah Hummel explores 20th century womanhood by encapsulating it into the life of two friends torn apart by their choices. Which woman, Edith or Lacey, will emerge as the queen of this tale?
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