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Blood for Blood by Ryan Graudin
4.0

Blood for Blood is the sequel to Wolf by Wolf, which told the story of Yael, a young girl living in an alternate version of our world where Germany won the WW2. It's 1956 and Yael now has to deal with the consequences of her actions at the end of Wolf by Wolf. Yael is armed with two new companions is on the flight of her life as she tries to figure what her next step will be to bring down the Fuhrer.

I really enjoyed this one and I do think I enjoyed it more than Wolf by Wolf. There were a lot of things in the first book that left me a bit dissatisfied as Yael just didn't live up to this 'trained assassin' image she was being portrayed as. She definitely improved in this book though she did still annoy me at times - maybe I am just being callous but it's something that really annoys me when a character is an assassin or a trainer fighter/killer and then gets all mopey about actually killing someone. This book was really fast-paced for me and the story took place over the course of about a week I think. I'm glad it wasn't dragged out longer as the timeframe made the story more intense and realistic.

There was something that happened near the end that did shock me a bit and did leave me a little heart-broken but I understand why it was there, I guess. This is the kind of book that you can't expect everyone to have their happily-ever-afters as it is literally war. The twist at the end took me by surprise too and I really loved it, so clever.