Review: In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles Winslow

In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles Winslow
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Published: June 2019


The town of West Mills is a small close knit community. Everyone knows everyone and keeping your business to yourself isn't necessarily something that happens. Knot is a teacher in West Mills but when she is not teaching, she likes to drink her moonshine and enjoy time with her men friends. When her long time friend leaves town, Knot goes down the rabbit hole. And things for her take a change that no one expects coming. Knot's neighbor Otis Lee and his wife Pep are the only family Knot has in West Mills. She trusts them with her secrets and they trust her with theirs. Will Knot's actions in her life keep the friendship going or will it tear them apart.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this book.

This book grabbed my attention from the beginning and held it. The things that brought the rating down for me were the transitions between years toward the end of the book. It wasn't until you were a few pages into the chapter that you knew it was 5 or 10 years later.

Knot is the kind of woman who does what she wants no matter what other people think about it. This story takes us from 1942 all the way through 1987. Telling the story and secrets of West Mills.  Each character has a different story that all melds together in one incredible telling.  I really enjoyed this book and I look forward to other books by this author.


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