So much potential
4 stars
Loved the writing style, sharp, descriptive, and despite speaking in a slangy 1800's vernacular, it didn't feel forced.
This is a novella and I feel like that screwed the pacing up. There were tons of interesting details at the beginning of the story and I got invested in the characters. But as it went on the point of view shifted from first person to third person, and the pace of the story got faster and faster, but not in a measured way leading up to a showdown. In fact things just fizzled out weirdly at the end, like the author lost interest. Loose ends were left dangling.
Four stars just for the cool opening chapters though. I'm going to go see if the author has written any longer works.