Amy 
historical fiction
The Indigo Girl is is a fictionalized story of real-life Eliza Lucas who,
when left in charge of her family’s Charleston, SC plantations at the age of 16
in 1739, managed them with business savvy and ignited the indigo industry in
the region. She faced many hurdles on a multitude of fronts but persevered with
the help of some true friends and supporters.
I really enjoyed
Eliza’s story and was rooting for her the whole time. The story’s momentum slows a bit during
details of indigo farming, but Eliza’s drive, good sense, and practicality won
me over. The other characters with whom
Natasha Boyd populated this book were all easy to visualize and several were
easy to love. I found myself hating to
turn the audiobook off at times and wished I could keep hearing more of the
story.
The narrator, Saskia Maarleveld,
was wonderful. She had many different
character voices and a clear tone with a lovely accent. Her voice acting was terrific and really fit
the characters in the story. A+!
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