Voices in the Mist takes place in one of my favored time periods for historical fiction. I have read a number of novels that tell the stories of the Cathars – the first one having ignited a curiosity about a peoples I had not learned about in my studies. This lead me to read more and more as I find their stories fascinating. When presented with a novel involving them I snap it up! This tale did not disappoint.

Bruna is a young converso, just on the cusp of womanhood who learns that the Inquisition is coming for all of her people – particularly the young women. To protect her a marriage is arranged but she does not want this so she runs and finds herself attached to of all things, a pilgrimage to Compostela. Here she needs to be careful for she cannot be who she really is but cannot help but be herself. All is going reasonably well until her group is joined by another and she catches the eye of an important man and someone else recognizes her.

I read this book as we were crossing the country from Montana to Vermont. It was a perfect book to read in the car; great characters, an involving plot and enough twists and turns to keep me entertained as the cornfields whipped by. I was so thrilled to have a good book for the time sped as the miles passed. It was a gift. ( )