A book with many great reviews does not necessarily mean you will like it. In the case of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, though, you can believe it. It certainly does live up to all the praise it has been receiving.

This is the story of Kya. When she is just a child, her family leaves her, one by one, to fend for herself. (Although a small voice in me kept saying, no way, I chose to just go with it, a good decision.) She grows up in the natural world of the marsh, becoming expert in it, although living a very lonely life.

I won’t tell you the story. I’ll let you read and enjoy it as I did. I will tell you that the descriptions of nature are wonderful and that the story involves a murder mystery with a good twist in the end.

I wonder, though, if I missed something or if the author, Delia Owens, left an unanswered question. What about Pearl?