Thank you to Macmillan Children's Publishing Group and Netgalley for providing me with an egalley of this book to read and review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
I never got to download this one after approval so I ended up getting it through the library so I could read and give a review.
I really loved the premise of this book when I read the blurb. I don't read much historical fiction and this seemed it would fall in that category. There is also a paranormal aspect to it, maybe a bit dystopian in nature.
The characters are written well and I really liked the political intrigue that comes along with the story. The writing is also very good.
Having read The Darkest Minds, this almost reminded me of those books. I can see someone who loved that series enjoying this one.
Unfortunately, the pacing was just off for me. I needed action and it just wasn't where it should have been for this story. I struggled to pick it up at times and really finish it. It just didn't draw me in as much as I would have liked. It didn't captivate me and I really needed that. I pushed to finish in the hopes of perhaps having the ending draw me back to the book but it just did not.
I will not be continuing on to the second book of this series.