In Moreno-Garcia’s skillful hands, you’ll find the satisfaction of richly drawn characters, saturated settings and deftly constructed plot twists ... Salome is "a chimera," Moreno-Garcia writes. "Part lion, part dove." Her novel has that same quality.
Another piece of prose magic ... A page-turning historical drama with mythic overtones that will please readers of her realistic fiction and her more fantastical work alike.
Moreno-Garcia’s novel is told from a variety of perspectives, and she captures each voice perfectly, with dialogue that’s artfully and subtly reminiscent of Golden Age movies. She also proves to be an expert at building suspense ... This foray into historical fiction is intelligent, exciting, and written absolutely beautifully.
Layered if schematic ... Moreno-Garcia shines a light on the racial and gender politics of postwar Hollywood and intertwines her tale with enough real history to please Tinseltown obsessives, though her stock characters are straight out of central casting.
