2.5/5

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me an advanced copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Unfortunately, this book just wasn't for me. I don't think it was bad-- I just didn't particularly enjoy it. I had a hard time telling Hassana and Husseina apart. Their voices were so similar to me-- the only thing separating the girls was their experiences. I often had to figure out which sister was which by looking at the other characters around them.

Hassana and Husseina are twins who were split from one another following a raid on their village where they were each sent in different directions. They continue to dream of one another and know that someday they will find each other. Their lives spiral out and become more and more separate until the day they finally do find one another and realize they have basically nothing in common anymore.

The story isn't meant to be happy or lighthearted, but I found myself just hoping that the book would end so I could move on to something else. This book definitely has an audience and it tells stories from an interesting place in history. If you are interested in this title, you should definitely pick it up and take my review with a grain of salt.