Gina G writes

 The "P" Books Book one: The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch When I finish this challenge, I will read more books written by this author. When I started the book, I was confused about voice. Who was the main character? Was it the hangman? Was it the daughter? Was it the young doctor? It took a few pages to get into. The setting was after the witch trials. The son of the former hangman is now the hangman. He didn't want the job, but he inherited it, like father, like son. Only he knows natural herbs. In a sense, the hangman knows what the villagers consider witchcraft. His daughter is a beautiful, dark-haired, free spirit who is expected to marry another hangman, but she has her eye on the young doctor who has studied abroad. The young doctor has a lot of respect for the hangman. The village is stuck in the old ways. Its streets are muddy, the townspeople still think old-fashioned thoughts, and they are trying to compete with the wealthy neighboring city.  Amid th...

 The "O" Books Book one: Poor Deer by Claire Two little girls who live next door to each other go out to a muddy lake to play. They are seen by a teacher who tells them they should go home. They go back to their houses and decide to play a version of hide and seek. The neighbor girl climbs into an old freezer. It locks. The other girl can't figure out how to open it. She tries and tries, finally gives up, and runs home, pretending to have been there all along. Hours later, the neighbor's girl is discovered. Dead. Poor Deer is created at that moment. Poor Deer is part human, part little girl, and she tries her best to coax the girl into confessing, but it doesn't work. Poor Deer trails the girl as she grows up, becomes a teenager, deals with her crazy mom and her doting aunt. The girl figures the only way she can make everything right is to run away to Niagara Falls.  Okay why? I was interested up until this point because it made no sense. By the time I got to the ...