This book was a good read with wonderful characters that pulled at your heart and mind. I do not know if it is a true story containing some of the African American’s history or not but it seemed so. This book brought a wonderful recount of what life was back during the slavery trading times and the people of London. It read as a piece of history and yet it put faces and actions of real life characters to teach you by softening and hurting your heart while my mind to wander why it even happened. This is part of a series, of which this is the only book that I have read. It done well as a standalone book, but ended with the reader needing to buy the next book. The ending itself cannot stand alone; you are left not having a satisfying resolution. This while encouraging the reader to buy more of this series, leaves you wondering whether to buy more and having the same problem, or just leaving it be. A lot of series gives a resolution at the end that the reader can feel satisfied with what has happened; this one does not, it quit almost in the beginning of a scene. I do applaud this writer and the ability shown in this book. This book was bought at Amazon.com ( )