This book started out decently but then it just seemed to drag on. An interesting historical fantasy novel, but ultimately, I just didn't care about the characters. I wanted to. I just couldnt. All the secondary characters were completely one-dimensional. The main character, Cora, I know a few tragic details, but that doesn't make up a personality. I'm not even sure she had any personal growth by the end of the novel. Ultimately it ended up being a big mash-up of vaguely historically accurate facts from different parts of slavery in America. In addition to adding the fantasy element of having a literal underground railroad. This underground railroad only seemed to serve the purpose of gettting Cora from place to place without adding much substance. A decent novel but not ground breaking or really all that imaginative.