The book Travelers in Painted Wagons: On Cohay Creek (Covington Chronicles Book 5) by Mary Lou Cheatham and Sarah Walker-Gorrell is categorized in the fiction genre. The setting of this book is in Mississippi by Cohay Creek in the early 1900s. This comforting novel is told mostly from Jeremy Smitherlin's perspective with numerous sub-plots concerning the perspective of people in the community.

Jeremy Smitherlin is young boy that was forced to mature way too quickly. His father, Caleb, is a stern, unemotional, and callous man and his mother, Mathilda, is terminally ill with cancer. Jeremy has to take on the duties of the farm and the blacksmith shop with little help. However, that all changes when Caleb allows a Romani caravan, also known as Gypsies, to temporarily settle by the creek in the back …show more content…
Therefore, I lost interest numerous times and had to force myself to read on. There are large portions of this book that discusses mundane aspects of the characters' day to day lives. Also, I never really felt a climatic point throughout the book. Another issue I acquired is the book just ended. The reader never really gets any answers about Jeremy's father or mother.

I rate Travelers in Painted Wagons: On Cohay Creek (Covington Chronicles Book 5) by Mary Lou Cheatham and Sarah Walker-Gorrell a 2 out of 4 stars. I would not rate this novel a three out of four starts because it did progress slowly and lost my interest many times. Also, it left the reader with so many questions. I didn't rate this book one star because it did have well developed characters and it was formatted nicely. Also, the authors' really did their research on the Gypsy culture and included the sources in the book. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a slow moving but heart-warming novel. Also, this book would be great for anyone wanting to learn about the Gypsy way of life and their