A review by petrichor_pages
The Shattered Mountain by Rae Carson

3.0

Mara is finally going to leave her village and defy her father. Together with Julio, the boy she loves, Mara will run away for a better life. Just as the two meet, the village is attacked. Julio and Mara work to evacuate as many of the children of the village as they can. She will lead these children through the mountains and to the group of rebels hiding there. Hopefully they can also help her save Julio, who was critically injured in the escape.

Again, this was a novella that provided background information on characters who don't get a lot of page time in the first book. I also have a feeling that Mara is going to be playing a much bigger role in the second and third books. This one did have some really good parts. It was also
Spoiler suitably tragic.