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A review by ninamartinez94
The Shadow War by Lindsay Smith
4.0
The Shadow War is a YA historical sci-fi about a group of teenagers trying to take down the Nazis. The premise of this book sounded WILD when I first saw it, and I’m really happy I got an ARC because it really was a wild and weird time!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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This book has EVERYTHING - alternate dimensions, 1940s LGBT teens killing Nazis, weird shadow monsters ALSO killing Nazis, and so much more. I loved all of our main characters and the dynamics between all of them brought some levity to an otherwise dark story. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I was kind of confused about the details surrounding the alternate dimension here, which is what brought this down to a 4 star read for me. It was definitely fun and I enjoyed it, but I had a few too many “I’m not actually sure what’s happening” moments to give this a higher rating. I would say if you like Inglourious Basterds, books set during World War II, and Science Fiction this would be a fun read! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Thank you to @netgalley and @penguinteens for the #gifted ARC in exchange for an honest review!
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This book has EVERYTHING - alternate dimensions, 1940s LGBT teens killing Nazis, weird shadow monsters ALSO killing Nazis, and so much more. I loved all of our main characters and the dynamics between all of them brought some levity to an otherwise dark story. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I was kind of confused about the details surrounding the alternate dimension here, which is what brought this down to a 4 star read for me. It was definitely fun and I enjoyed it, but I had a few too many “I’m not actually sure what’s happening” moments to give this a higher rating. I would say if you like Inglourious Basterds, books set during World War II, and Science Fiction this would be a fun read! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Thank you to @netgalley and @penguinteens for the #gifted ARC in exchange for an honest review!