An author’s note offers a bit about American whaling history and the convergence of multiple cultures on whaling ships, but enough context is given within the novel that this glimpse into the realistic elements isn’t necessary but is merely a nice bonus. Debut author Kulpers fictional whaling island, off the Massachusetts coast, pulsates with vibrancy as the author draws.
The well-developed romance between Tane and Avery is searing, all the more so because readers will spot rather early on that no happy ending awaits them. Avery’s understanding of what power means is one of the most intriguing and memorable elements in the novel though people tell her multiple times that all is not as ideal as she believes, she doesn’t accept the truth until the town turns against her. A sweeping historical romance about a witch who foresees her own murder-and the one boy who can help.
It’s a complex island, built on generations of magic, and once the witching stops, things fall apart socially-and literally, as many of the whaling ships were held together with spells. Tubers who aren’t fans of waiting in line to check in and board a shuttle have the option to pay more for priority access. Enter Tane, an off-islander covered in magical tattoos, who offers to break her free of her mother’s Victorian constraints and help her get back to what Avery believes she wants. Salt River Tubing fast passes will make check-in quicker. She’s therefore horrified by the decision of her mother, an orthodox member of their nineteenth-century whaling community, to keep Avery from her destiny. Hoping to assume the traditional role of island witch on her rocky Atlantic island, Avery has been learning the old magic ways from her grandmother. Set in 1928 Chicago, Kendall Kulper’s new novel, Murder for the Modern Girl, features Ruby Newhouse, an 18-year-old flapper who reads minds to identify killers and abusers who would otherwise.
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