In Margot Douaihy’s Scorched Grace , Sister Holiday is a tattooed, chain-smoking nun looking to redeem her past. However, when witnesses her school catch fire, she sets out to find the arsonist responsible. At first glance, the story’s premise sounded amazing and I wanted to love this one so badly. However, what I got instead was poor character writing and an unconvincing crime procedure. There were so many character motivations to choose from (like the eye for an eye motif was right there!), and the author went instead with the least compelling one. The main character is driven more so by the fact that she likes to amateur sleuth than to get revenge for losing half her vision or out of a desire to protect her students, and it feels so baffling shallow. I also felt like it was such a missed opportunity for the narrative to not explore the fire’s physical impact on her. Like how does she cope with having reduced peripheral vision and depth perception? On top of that, Sister Holida...