I’ve had to think long and hard about how to write a review of Andra Watkins’ “historical fantasy” novel, To Live Forever:  An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis.  I put historical fantasy in quotes simply because, to me, it is such an odd juxtaposition.  History is supposed to be truth, fact-based; fantasy is its antithesis.  At least, that’s what I thought before I read To Live Forever.  Watkins’ power with language, character development, and setting was so strong that I basically bought the whole story line—hook, line and sinker.  My disbelief was not only suspended.  It was hung out to dry. (more…)