I love Leigh Bardugo, but I think this was my least favorite book of hers. Because this takes place during the Spanish Inquisition, it requires a lot of background knowledge to understand they “why” behind a lot of the gears that propels the story forward. Without that, it’s hard to connect to. The book does pick up and I started to like/dislike/forgive characters, but it wasn’t towards the end that it happened.

I think I love the Flesh and Fire series more than Blood & Ash! I love the stories of Ash and Sera, and how this series serves as such an engaging source of background information for the B&A series!

Beneath the a Wide Silk Sky, by Emily Huey, is a historical fiction novel about the effect on Japanese people living in the US during the attack on Pearl Harbor. This book describes the injustices that they were put through just because they were Japanese. The main character Samantha has been bullied by two kids at her school causing her to live in fear of beating attacked from behind. I would recommend this book to all tween girls who like reading .

It was ok but not the best by Rebecca Serle. I loved One Italian Summer. The characters were a bit jammed together

I think that I was way too excited to read this and that my expectations were too high. I liked the choose your own concept but I didn’t like Marsh at all.

The book was very very very cool.

Amazing book! Full of surprises

Very fun and engaging. Great facts about underwater creatures to learn as well

This book will tear your heart out and stomp on it. The author captures the experience of motherhood perfectly. Relevant today because of its depiction of historical events and its representation of the way people treat outsiders.

I loved the premise of No Two Persons. It's so interesting to see how so many different people interacted with, took part in, benefited from, one book.