I finished before my group because I would get too far behind next week due to life. I need to think about my feelings to give a better review but being Eliot's first novel, I thought she did well. I'm not sure I "buy" how some things play out though. As usual, having read 3 other novels and 2 novellas by her this year, it takes me until about half of the book to get invested. And honestly I didn't feel invested in this book but here and there and I'm not sure I would have stayed with it if it were not for my group and using this for Summer Book Bingo.

That being said, I did REALLY like several of the main characters in the story; but I'm not sure plot-wise I liked how it all plays out. Dinah and her compassion for telling others about Jesus and His forgiveness of sin was definitely the highlight of this book for me.

This still falls as the lowest of the 4 Eliot novels I've read this year.   But something has to be last.  💁‍♀️