A review by caseythecanadianlesbrarian
Walking the Labyrinth by Lois Cloarec Hart

3.0

BC-born and Calgary-based Lois Cloarec Hart’s novel Walking the Labyrinth is the first romance I’ve ever read. As someone who usually reads so-called literary fiction (not that I don’t have more than a healthy amount of criticism of the standards by which a piece of writing is considered “literary” and or not), I was a bit wary of delving into this genre. I was trying to keep my expectations reasonable. I didn’t want to approach the book with the same kind of lens I usually do. I was trying to be a different kind of reader, for a little while, anyway. Despite some critiques I’m going to make later in the review, I have to say this novel made me like it despite myself. It has emotional impact, there’s no question about that.

What did I like about it? First of all, the protagonist is a butch woman named Lee in her sixties who lives in Calgary. I’m probably never going to read another book featuring a character like her. Who writes lesbian romance novels about women in their sixties? Lois Cloarec Hart, apparently...

See the rest of my review on my blog: http://caseythecanadianlesbrarian.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/not-your-usual-canadian-rural-lesbian-romance-about-women-in-their-60s-a-review-of-lois-cloarec-harts-walking-the-labyrinth/