But that's not how it happens, its almost accidental and Dinnah really had next to nothing to do with it other that she is there when it happens. Throughout the story you are kind of lead to believe that all the events she goes through, and all the experience she gains will help her bring her mothers killer to justice. It's almost incidental to the rest of the story. When it happens, its just so anti-climatic.

The story is written in first person from Dinahs point of view looking back on her life, and you are told right from the beginning that she gets revenge on her mothers killer. This is one of the books where the ending just came too easily. The story is tightly plotted and the narrative really moves along, not a dull spot in sight! I can't say enough good things about how much I enjoyed reading this!īuuuuuut. The characters grow and change as the story progresses. The characters are well developed, their struggles are very real and understandable. This book really grabbed me from the very first page and kept me in its clutches until the very last. She lives with the memory of her mother whom she dearly loved and the knowledge that her killer is still free while she also struggles with the fact that her family makes its wealth from the opium trade, a drug that helped lead to her mothers downfall. Poor un-marriageable Dinah has to fight for her happiness. Her life has been touched by the evil-eye and she is likely to follow in her mothers footsteps. Being the daughter of a cheating, weak willed, opium addict who came to her ends in such a violent way leads the rest of her Jewish community to see her in a different light. At a very young age Dinah Sassoon finds her mothers body brutally murdered by her lover and as a result Dinah's position in her family and community is forever changed.

Flowers in the blood by gay courter