Thank you to my bookish friends who caught me up on the MC's very exciting background and dynamics between the recurring characters so that I could jump into this series this late in the game. The book was written so well and the characters so vivid that it was no problem at all to start here and I enjoyed this book and Sebastian and Hero so much!  The writing swept me away and was almost addicting, the way I was lead along and could not stop (I finished this in under 24 hours). The historical setting of this book was wonderfully described and it was absolutely heartbreaking to read about what so many poor children were put through and how they were treated during this time!  The way the clues came together and the final result were so perfectly shocking. I cannot wait for more!!

Note: the audiobook narration is perfection and I highly recommend it!