Cover Wars is a weekly showdown of two beautiful covers. The winner, as voted by you, goes on to face a new cover, and wins bragging rights. This is basically a fun way to discuss what we like in covers.

Last week Undertow pulled another victory this time against the stunning cover of The One by Kiera Cass. It's bad for the third week and this time it's opponent is Don't Look Back, the newly released cover of Jennifer L. Armentrout's upcoming book.

Both covers have the undertone of distress. In Undertow the girl is almost struggling to break the surface while Don't Look Back has a creepy ballerina doll and a broken mirror. Disturbing, but it suits the season quite well!

So, which'll it be?

Let the Cover Wars begin!

Which cover should win Cover Wars?
	Don't Look Back
	Undertow
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Author: Wesley King
Date of Publication: June 14, 2014
Pages: 272
Source: Library

The Vindico are a group of supervillains who have been fighting the League of Heroes for as long as anyone can remember. Realizing they’re not as young as they used to be, they devise a plan to kidnap a group of teenagers to take over for them when they retire—after all, how hard can it be to teach a bunch of angsty teens to be evil?

Held captive in a remote mansion, five teens train with their mentors and receive superpowers beyond their wildest dreams. Struggling to uncover the motives of the Vindico, the teens have to trust each other to plot their escape. But they quickly learn that the differences between good and evil are not as black and white as they seem, and they are left wondering whose side they should be fighting on after all . . .

With fast-paced action, punchy dialogue, and sarcastic humor, this high-stakes adventure from a talented new YA voice pulls you in from the first page.

AMAZON / GOODREADS

Review:

Some books grow on you. I was almost positive The Vindico would either be a DNF or one star read for most of the book. So I was extremely pleased that, after I finally finished it, I realized it was entertaining and not that bad.

The premise is awesome although light-hearted. I was extremely disappointed with that. I wanted a serious story about the transformation into becoming a villain and The Vindico was not that.

Emily, Hayden, Sam, James and Lana were all kidnapped from their homes by a Villain so that they can gain superpowers and help the villains overthrow the League of Heroes. The Villains have their own reasons for hating the League and the kids don't have much of a choice.

There isn't much depth to the story which is disappointing. The characters are very shallow and defined by very few characteristics. The motive for the Villains however was suspect, as was how easily the kids succumbed. The worst main characters were annoying (James), robotic (Emily), and forgettable (Sam). Lana is a bit harder to describe, but I feel the term wimpy does it best. While Emily had almost no emotion, Lana was constantly crying or feeling angry or guilty about something.

Hayden might be extremely frustrating in real life, but he brought this book to life. He's flamboyant and too loud. He makes stupid decisions and he's a disgusting slob. He was also the only character I truly liked when reading The Vindico and part of me finishing the book can be attributed to wondering what would happen to Hayden. That being said, even Hayden wasn't too deep.

The action was cheesy and skipped over the serious bits. Imagine one of those bad horror movies. The Vindico wasn't quite as bad (or good if you're like me and love horror) but there honestly wasn't much intellectual stimulation. It's a book to read to enjoy as entertainment.

It's fun to see the superpowers of each of the kids and how they develop. The development was rushed and not very believable, but all the different methods for obtaining superpowers were interesting. For most of the book, the plot wasn't particularly impressive except for the ending.

What can I say? I enjoyed it. There was fighting and betrayals. I was also very happy with the characters' decisions. Everything wrapped up well enough and was cute.

There's not much else to comment on because there wasn't very much layering or depth to the story. Frankly, the story is too simple for me, but that's because I look for deeper reads. If you do want a purely entertaining story, The Vindico is a good bet. It's extremely readable and although it's flawed and unrealistic, I wouldn't say it's boring. 1.5.

-P.E.

The Weekly Progress is a type of wrap up post that happens every Sunday on The Sirenic Codex looking on the week that was.

It's a long weekend! WOOHOO! It was such an exhausting week and the weekend has been amazingly relaxing so far. Unlike most families, mine will have the whole turkey dinner thing going on tomorrow but that's only because we splurged on maple syrup goodies and chocolate on Friday. I'm in a great mood so let's start with the book stuff.

Books Read

I was so lucky! Both these books were amazing. Fear was creepy as hell and Vortex was even better than Insignia. Reviews are upcoming for both!

Currently Reading

Should be lots of fun!

Blog Recap

It started with a review. I didn't like Mystic City very much.

There were Cover Wars and WoW (Isla and the Happily Ever After). 

Mari did a manga review for the Sand Chronicles.

I finally posted my review of Steelheart! I love that book. I even asked my school librarian about maybe starting a book club for it. She never got back to me. :(

My final post was about negative reviews. I don't like them. What about you?

Happy Thanksgiving

It's Thanksgiving weekend! Thanksgiving is probably one of my favourite holidays. It's one where my family puts an effort to be together and have fun. We usually indulge in great food and in general it's a happy time. 

It's also a pretty thoughtful time because I realize how lucky I am. I have a great life and I don't appreciate it enough. Here are some blog related things I'm thankful for.

• First of all, thank you for reading what I write. Thanks for letting me know my opinion matters. 
• Thank you authors for writing great books. 
• Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to review your books. 
• Thanks to Mari for covering for me (like on Saturday) and generally being a great co-blogger. 

What are you thankful for? And have a great weekend everyone!

-P.E.

Authors don't like negative reviews of their books. Many appreciate a well written negative review, but who in the world goes around asking for negative reviews? Authors want their books to be loved, and it sucks when sometimes they're not.

The other side of the coin that I don't think gets mentioned as much is that bloggers and reviewers want to love what they're reading. Every book is a time investment and no one goes into a book thinking it'll suck. It's even worse when you need to explain why you don't like it. 

Generally, if you don't like something, you don't need to dwell on it. Except, reviewers do. What exactly makes the story boring? What's up with the writing style? Is this a personal issue or something others would relate to? 

It's hard because after finishing a book you didn't like, you can't just forget about it. You have to write about why. 

There's another aspect too: I personally hate hate hate writing negative reviews because I sympathize with the author. They've spent hours on this piece of work and I feel guilty every time I don't like a book and write about it. I don't think I can overstate how much people's tastes differ. What I don't like could be loved by very many, and I always want people to take my reviews with a grain of salt. I love authors and I feel like their life path (path of life) is incredibly hard. 

However, I can't not write negative reviews. I am a person and I have opinions. This blog is about opinions. Every review is incredibly subjective anyway so the only way to really be true is to be true to myself. I can't hide the negative reviews and pretend they didn't happen. I owe honesty to all the wonderful followers and readers TSC has. 

So, I'll continue to write negative reviews and I'll fret about every word I write and revise it a million different ways, but I'll feel content because I'm being honest.

I don't like writing negative reviews; do you?

-P.E.

Author: Brandon Sanderson
Date of Publication: September 24 2013
Pages: 384
Source: ARC

Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics.

But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his wills. 

Nobody fights the Epics... nobody but the Reckoners. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them.

And David wants in. He wants Steelheart—the Epic who is said to be invincible. The Epic who killed David's father. For years, like the Reckoners, David's been studying, and planning—and he has something they need. Not an object, but an experience. 

He's seen Steelheart bleed. And he wants revenge.

Review:

I was beyond excited for Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson and rightfully so. This book is an awesome, thrilling, and strangely thoughtful read.

I love epic, large stories about super heroes. I like the crazy action scenes, the explosions, and the amazing victories, against all odds. Steelheart was exactly that. It started off with a bang, and didn't let up. And the ending was unbelievable. I can only imagine how amazing a movie of this book will be (seriously, this book screams kickass action flick).

It starts with the traumatic story of David, a character that you grow to love. David's had a crappy life ever since the death of his father by the hands of the Epic, Steelheart. Rather than drown in his sorrow, he has been preparing notes and researching ways to destroy the Epics. Epics are like superheroes with amazing powers, but they're all evil and the super powerful ones only have one weakness. David's obsession was believable. What made me love him was his humour. He had a bit of a sarcastic POV, and he didn't always know what to do so sometimes he was a bit awkward. It brought some comedic relief to an otherwise pretty serious novel. I grew to love him after he started to make crazy metaphors up. He's one of those characters that would be likable and someone I could imagine being friends with.

The other characters are diverse and just as engrossing. I liked that they each were individuals with their own strengths and that they were able to work cohesively in a group.

I think one of the strengths, when it came to characterization, was that all the characters had doubts. They wondered if they were doing enough; if they were truly making a difference. They pondered the morality of their actions and they never found a "right" answer; instead one that would work for each of them. This is the thoughtful side to Steelheart, and it gives the story some depth and maybe some greater purpose.

As good as the characters were, this story was run by the fantastic world and exciting plot. The Epics and their mythology was something I had never read about, and a genuinely cool idea. David's background and the transformation of the world to what it had become after Calamity was explained well with room to grow.

The plot started out with a scene that hooks you in right away, and then rushes on. I was never bored and it was very hard to put this book down. After the initial bang, the story then builds up towards the ending. And what an ending it is. There's some danger and suspense. The ending is an explosive culmination of everything that happened in Steelheart and frankly, I love it.

I am so excited for this series. One book in and it looks to be one of my new favourite series. I hope it's very long and I'm dying to read more. I feel like this is something like the book version of The Dark Knight, not in the sense that the stories are similar, but the high action, thoughtful style. Basically, thank you Brandon Sanderson for writing such an enjoyable book to read. 5 stars,

-P.E.

For a long time when I was younger, all I read was mangas, as you might've been able to tell from someone of my previous post. I loved them but then as I grew older I started drifting away and experimenting with other genres other formats. Currently, I'm trying to get back in the swing of mangas and find out what's new and hot. I love talking about them and sharing my thoughts on them as they are another form of entertainment and reading.

Sand Chronicles - Hinako Ashihara

Volumes: 10
Genre: Contemporary, Grief, Romance


After her parents get divorced, Ann Uekusa and her mother move from Tokyo to rural Shimane. Accustomed to the anonymity of city living, Ann can't get used to the almost overbearing kindness of the people in her mother's hometown. But when personal tragedy strikes, Ann discovers how much she needs that kindness.

GOODREADS/AMAZON

Sand Chronicles is a beautifully illustrated Manga exploring the life of Ann Uekusa, from the ripe young age of 12 to adulthood. After a bad divorce, Ann and her mother are forced to return to the small town of Shimane. On their way, they stop by Nima Sand Museum which houses the one year hourglass. Ann becomes enchanted by its magnificence and even gets a small hourglass from the souvenir shop. It becomes her most prized possession, especially as life start dealing her one lemon after another and tragedy strikes.

The series is formated in seasons corresponding to Ann's age. It starts with the winter she is 12 and continues. Each season we see her growing up and facing new stages in her life. From jealous middle school girls and young love to career troubles, we get to see Ann grow and blossom. This really worked well, especially as time has such a big role in this series.

The books have a serious undertone of grief because of the wound that Ann suffers in the winter she is 12. But it doesn't dwell on that, just like in real life time takes over and moves you along; the series portrays this beautifully. Ann starts out as a bright 12 year old filled with life. She is headstrong and courageous which get her into a lot of scuffles along with our other main character, Diago, Fuji and Shika.

They are all so different, Ann and Diago come from average families. Two crazy kids who start a friendship on the bases of a hare/rabbit. One wants to take it home for stew and the other wants to keep it as a pet. Meanwhile, Fuji and Shika are siblings from the prestigious Tsukishima family. We see all of them grow up into the different lives that they were born to. One of normality and the other of prestige and duty. 

I really loved Diago, he is strong and funny and dedicated. His relationship with Ann is tough but even as a young guy he knows what he want from life and how he should treat it. There are some hilarious scenes with him and Ann.

Fuji is the studious older son of a prestigious family, with which comes many responsibilities and pains. Struck by his own demons, Fuji isn't the most friendly but he too is wooed by Ann and that's where the four of them along with the lively Shika, strike a friendship.

The romance in the series is so pure and beautiful. It starts out as a friendship and then blossoms, as the characters grow older in to much more. It's complicated and hard but they work it out.

Overall, Sand Chronicles is one of my all time favourites because it's so realistic. Sometimes it can be overdramatic, but that's needed to make a good story. The characters are all lovable. They do somethings that you won't agree with and you'll notice faults in their character but that's what makes them human. Heart wrenchingly beautiful, this ones a great read for lovers of contemporary.

-MARI

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. 

Isla and the happily ever After

  May 13th 2014

From the glittering streets of Manhattan to the moonlit rooftops of Paris, falling in love is easy for hopeless dreamer Isla and introspective artist Josh. But as they begin their senior year in France, Isla and Josh are quickly forced to confront the heartbreaking reality that happily-ever-afters aren’t always forever.

Their romantic journey is skillfully intertwined with those of beloved couples Anna and Étienne and Lola and Cricket, whose paths are destined to collide in a sweeping finale certain to please fans old and new.

 

Goodreads

I'm super excited for this one (aren't we all?). Anna and the French Kiss is one of my all time favourite contemporary books and Lola was a great sequel, so I have high hopes for this one. Stephanie Perkins has established herself as a sort of queen of contemporary in my heart. Her characters are so real and lovable. I love her settings: France, San Francisco and now Manhattan! Only thing I'm going to complain about is the cover change. Yes, a lot of people prefer it but I liked the funky little cliche covers. That's alright though, I'll live.

What Are You Waiting On?

-MARI

Cover Wars is a weekly showdown of two beautiful covers. The winner, as voted by you, goes on to face a new cover, and wins bragging rights. This is basically a fun way to discuss what we like in covers.

Last week Undertow blew Dreams of Gods and Monsters right out the water. This week it's back to face its new competitor, The One by Kiera Cass.

Both covers feature some gorgeous dresses and backgrounds. The One's cover is very eye catching with the mirrors in the back, a big dress and font that can be best described as very royal. Meanwhile, Undertow is more subtle but it has some beautiful deep shades of purple. The water is always a great feature along with the great body position of the model. She looks almost like a ballerina.

Both covers are worthy, but there is only one winner. Who will it be?

Let the Cover Wars begin!

Which cover should win Cover Wars?
	The One
	Undertow
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Author: Theo Lawrence
Date of Publication: October 9 2012
Pages: 416
Source: Library

Aria Rose, youngest scion of one of Mystic City's two ruling rival families, finds herself betrothed to Thomas Foster, the son of her parents' sworn enemies. The union of the two will end the generations-long political feud—and unite all those living in the Aeries, the privileged upper reaches of the city, against the banished mystics who dwell below in the Depths. But Aria doesn't remember falling in love with Thomas; in fact, she wakes one day with huge gaps in her memory. And she can't conceive why her parents would have agreed to unite with the Fosters in the first place. Only when Aria meets Hunter, a gorgeous rebel mystic from the Depths, does she start to have glimmers of recollection—and to understand that he holds the key to unlocking her past. The choices she makes can save or doom the city—including herself. 

AMAZON / GOODREADS

Review:

Oh my. If I was snarkier and more clever, this would be a review for the ages. Mystic City was sort of a train wreck. It failed at almost every category, except it was entertaining. You know when you watch those awful cheesy horror movies and it's obviously awful quality but you watch it for fun and to see where the ridiculousness leads? That's what I thought of Mystic City.

However as bad as Mystic City is, there's nothing offensive about it. I never once harboured too much negativity towards the novel because I was asking to be entertained and it did just that, even if the quality of said entertainment left a lot to be desired. Also, there's nothing that flunks the book singularly in terms of plot, characters, or world. Collectively it's bad, but individually it's all pretty meh.

I'll give a little rundown of the story. Mystic City is about a futuristic New York where people called mystics have magical powers that normal people are terrified of so much that they drain them of their powers which help run much of the flooded, broken down city. The city has been divided into two elite political groups, the Fosters and the Roses who used to hate each other. But now there's a third group that wants equality for everybody lead by a mystic who seems to be gaining popularity, so the Fosters and the Roses feud is ended by their children, Thomas and Aria's star-crossed romance. Except Aria can't remember anything (including her love for Thomas) since she OD'd on a drug made from mystic energy called Stic.

This sets up the story for quite a lot of drama, in the style of a sitcom. It's quite entertaining actually because it doesn't make any sense at all.

Aria is pretty like a princess. She's sweet, kind, smart, brave, sociable... She's way too perfect to be believable and lacks a personality. She's a collection of adjectives, not a person, and incredibly predictable at that. Aria is also incredibly annoying. She takes crazy risks and nothing bad ever happens to her. She's rebellious but is silenced by her father's look. She is smart except she has never done anything with her life to this point until a guy came into it. She has no past and falls into instalove, with friends that make no sense.

These friends are both also rich. Kiki is such a cliché. She's rich, Aria's friend since forever, kind of fierce, and all she cares about are clothes and looking good. There was absolutely no substance to her personality. Same with the other friend, Benni (I think that's her name. She was so unmemorable I don't even care to remember her). The friends had no purpose other than to accompany Aria places, make Aria seem vastly more mature than she actually was, and to prove that Aria was likable.

Aria's character and relationships had no depth whatsoever. What's funny is that there actually is a family in this book except there may as well not be because they have no history or bonds. Aria's life just seems so insignificant until a certain point that I won't spoil, except it was obvious.

This is another issue. I don't see any possible way that you couldn't guess exactly what would happen in this book. Everything was incredibly obvious, especially the mystery due to Aria's lost memories. Thus, there is no suspense. Just a lot of giggling as Aria acts hilariously oblivious until she finds something out, and then she says everything makes sense. No. It doesn't. It's overly dramatic and ridiculous. The characters have no depth and the plot no nuances. The only one plot event that semi-surprised me was one of the characters at the end, and I couldn't even feel betrayed because it was way too easy of a plot twist and the character became evil in like, five minutes, what with their evil laugh and machine guns.

Of course people die. You can't even feel sorry for them because Aria doesn't. She almost does, but oh, they sacrificed themselves for her and she owes it to them to make sure their sacrifice isn't for vain. And why would anyone die so easily?

The thing that got closest to truly pissing me off was the world building and the politics. The world is ridiculous. They have "TouchMe"s or whatever, and apparently Twitter still exists even though it wasn't mentioned once. It's a futuristic world with no cameras or microphones in rooms, which is just BS. There are TVs and the technology is just a massive fail. Also, they collapse buildings for fun, which is actually cool in a creepy way, except when you hear that sometimes, people don't get the message and are still inside it as it collapses and then they die.

Also, while there is supposed to be such a divide between the rich and the poor, I don't see it. Okay, Aria lives up high and has nice clothes and food. The only poor people we ever meet are either drug addicts, or they have motorcycles.

The politics especially had me facepalming. PEOPLE ARE NOT THAT IDIOTIC. Gosh, I hate how little credit voters get and books like this don't help. Mystic City pretends that there is a good side and a bad side even if I have heard NO concrete plans promising any sort of change. They're selling ideals, not ideas, and the fact that no ideas are actually set forth kills me a little because how can you actually trust them? Maybe they're just as bad as what you have already.

I could probably go on, but I don't want to. This book failed in many ways. I can't even mention some of the most ridiculous aspects without spoiling. The story is not believable. The characters have no depth. The plot is ridiculous. It's entertaining, sure, but I want more quality entertainment. Alas, I can't imagine wanting to read the sequel.

I feel it's necessary to offer the disclaimer that this is just my subjective opinion. Maybe there are people that thought Mystic City to be incredibly well thought out and stuff. I'm not one of them. 1 heart.

-P.E.

The Weekly Progress is a type of wrap up post that happens every Sunday on The Sirenic Codex looking on the week that was.

I have a lot of homework this weekend that I need to get to doing. I'm also trying to finish in time to go to a ribsfest, so this post will be a little shorter than usual. I'm sure you'll all be very happy with that.

Books Read

Not my best reading week, but it was an incredibly busy, test-filled week so I'm proud of finishing this book. Plus, Rot & Ruin was fun, but long too. Review is upcoming in the next few weeks. 

Currently Reading

I deserve something nice, right? And this series is one of my absolutely favourites. I'm expecting nothing short of 5 stars. 

The Week That Was

I'm a fan of hockey so yay, NHL started! Beyond that, I've been shuffling between assignments, tests, and university seminar/visit thingies. I wish I could say that this week will be much better, but um, nope. I'll try to read a little more and comment some more as well. 

Post Recap

First, some news. Best of Saturday, which has the best button btw, has been discontinued because while there initially was support, no one really seemed to use it besides Mari and I. That means we're going to have to write more posts just for Saturdays, which should be fun. 

Let's begin with my review of Tiger Lily. The best way to describe it was what people said in the comments: literary. 

Mari and I did one of our patented discussion posts about the ways we follow other blogs. 

My next post was about comments & cookies!

Mari has this new feature going on where she'll write about books no one has heard of  that are new to us.

We started post BoS #1 with my recap of the Elizabeth Wein event I attended. I was also volunteering for it, so I'm sorry to say that I don't have many pictures.  

Song of the Week

A bit of a hasty pick, but this week I pick Toulouse by Nicky Romero. Has a pretty fun drop, although usually I prefer more melodic songs. 

Have a great week everyone!

-P.E.

Teen Author Fest is the best way to meet some of your favourite authors in Ottawa. I read Code Name Verity a while ago and the story impressed me. The writing is fantastic, and the plot is compelling. I jumped at the opportunity to meet the author behind the book, Elizabeth Wein, on September 24th at Sunnyside library.

There was a cozy atmosphere as Elizabeth Wein introduced herself and talked a little about her new book, Rose Under Fire. It's the story of a young, American pilot who wants to join the war effort during the second world war.

There's something about authors that I've always found extremely cool. They speak a certain way and it's very distinguishable. They paint pictures with their words and during Elizabeth's reading, it was fun to fall into the story.

One thing that became clear immediately was Elizabeth's love of planes. She read a passage in which Rose is being "intercepted" and later on explained what that meant. She also talked about actually mapping out the flight routes from her novels and the research that went into writing a "historical" type novel. She also ended up visiting the site Ravensbruck, which waa a concentration camp for "female political prisoners" and some of the struggles the prisoners encountered, such as language barriers.

When she opened up the floor for fans to ask questions, one person asked about women's role in World War 2. Elizabeth's books had ways included strong women like pilots Maddie and Rose, and it was interesting to hear that women did have an active role in the war.

When it was time for signings, Elizabeth made sure to speak with every single fan on a personal basis, which I thought was nice of her. During the event, she also made sure to thank bloggers for helping to spread the word about her book.

I thought it was a great event and Elizabeth Wein was an extremely cool person. Her tour must have been long but she was gracious with everyone and I hope she gets some rest when she returns home to Scotland.

-P.E.

Discovering is a loosely named new feature that is going to be posted on TSC every now and then. At its heart, this is another sort of post that features and promotes books just like Spotlights. Except, Discovering features books that I've discovered recently and am really excited to read. They may have released a long time ago and I never noticed or they may be more recent. The point is to talk about books we're excited about reading. Now let's move on to the fun stuff.

The first book to be featured is actually the book that inspired the idea.

The Boy on the Bride

Natalie Standiford

July 30, 2013

A new breathtaking novel from Natalie Standiford about love and trust during the Cold War.

Laura Reid goes to Leningrad for a semester abroad as Cold War paranoia is peaking in 1982. She meets a young Russian artist named Alexei and soon, with Alexei as her guide, Laura immerses herself in the real Russia--a crazy world of wild parties, black-market books and music, and smuggled letters to dissidents. She must keep the relationship secret; associating with Americans is dangerous for Alexei, and if caught, Laura could be sent home and Alexei put under surveillance or worse. At the same time, she's been warned that Soviets often latch onto Americans in hopes of marrying them and thus escaping to the United States. But she knows Alexei loves her. Right?

As June approaches--when Laura must return to the United States--Alexei asks Laura to marry him. She's only nineteen and doesn't think she's ready to settle down. But what if Alexei is the love of her life? How can she leave him behind? If she has a chance to change his life, to rescue him from misery, shouldn't she take it?

Thoughts:
I'm really excited about this. I adore reading books that are either set in another country or have foreign characters. Russia is one that I haven't read much of but I have always wanted to. Here Ms. Standiford has given me that oppurtunity and I'm going to reap it for all it's worth!

I also really love the concept. It's contemporary but it doesn't have the usual feeling of a contemporary; it's different. It looks so much more exciting especially with the forbidden aspect. I've never read something like this. I hear a lot about people who will marry others just to gain access to a different country but the subject doesn't get explored in YA.

I'm intrigued to see, how Standiford is going to spin this tale. I'm super excited to read about some Russian architecture and feel as though I'm walking down the streets of St.Petersburgh/Leningrad.

Yes, I think I'm overly excited!

What Do You Think?

-MARI