JEM's review of On the Mad River

So I just read a book called "On the Mad River" by Lucrecia Guerrero published by Mouthfeel Press. It drew me in immediately. The characterization of people and place was mesmerizing. Without giving too much away, I will say that it's a suspense novel about a young Latina woman searching for her purpose. 

She is a woman with big dreams of one day being on the stage. But was never supported in her dreams by her family. So she runs into the arms of a man, and then runs from his arms to a small town in Ohio where the drama begins. 

What she finds there is not what she expected. Full of intrigue, romance, sharp dialogue and depth of character, this book will move you beyond words. 

You thought it would last forever?

I always felt like the world could last forever

That nothing could end us, that it would exist

Until eternity, but I no longer feel that way

Maybe God, big G, what I call the universe

Has a tipping point where G just gives up

Where G says enough is enough and leaves us

Has G left us all alone on this big piece of dirt?

To fend for overselves, just muddling through 

Fighting the powers that are trying so damn hard

To scare us until we cry out, say uncle, and give up

Some days I want to pretend this isn't happening

Then I remember why we are here, why I'm here

We are here to raise our voices, to show the fuckers

We will not back down without a fight

Defending those that they are trying to crush 

Those under the boot, the heel on their neck 

Cutting into their breath till there's no air left

To scream help into an empty sky