Thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

This book was allegedly about Belle Starr, a so-called outlaw queen of the Wild West. I don’t mind reading non-fiction or biographies, but I prefer they read more like a narrative and less like a history textbook like this book did. I also feel like only about 50% of this book was actually about Belle Starr. A lot of it was about people who knew her or about the time period itself. The repetition of phrases that basically said things were unclear or unknown made a lot of the book feel like conjecture. I gave this three stars because it’s obvious the author put a lot of effort into it, but the writing style just wasn’t for me. Those who are bigger history fans than I would probably get a lot more out of it.

This was a fascinating read. The story grabbed me and I was truly surprised by it. Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book

I really enjoyed learning about Belle Starr as I really didn't know a lot about her. It had that American West element that I was hoping for and enjoyed how good the writing style was. Dane Huckelbridge has a strong writing style and was invested in everything that was going on. It was well written and had the research being done. I hope Dane Huckelbridge continues to write books like this as this was really enjoyable.