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A review by tippyloohoo
The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman
4.0
I am a nearly daily user of a website called Random Buzzers which is an online book community for Random House publishing geared toward teens. So when they started looking for people willing to promote some of their new books I jumped at the chance. The book they chose for me was The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin Wasserman, a book I had planned on reading anyway, it was sitting on the top of my "To Read" pile of books I had checked out from work. Let me tell you, I am so happy to have been chosen to spread the word about this book.
For Nora Cane there are certain undisputed truths. She has two best friends: Chris and Adriane, who are the perfect couple. She has a boyfriend, Max, who loves her. Her brother is dead, but no one except Chris knows about it. And Latin always makes sense. But soon everything Nora thought she knew will be tested. Chris will die. Max will be blamed. And Nora and Adriane will be left to solve the mystery of a book that has driven a man insane. The plan is simple; go to Prague, save Max, clear his name, and learn to with without Chris. But nothing is ever that simple and soon they will find themselves in the middle of a centuries old mystery that only Nora can solve. They will have help but no one is what they seem. The only thing Nora can trust are the words of a long dead woman, written in Latin, and the clues they leave to a machine that may be better left unsolved.
I can not even begin to explain how amazing this book was. Every time I thought I knew what was going on and who was who, it was all switched up and I was left guessing, racing to get to the next page. Wasserman's use of real historical figures only adds to the amazing story she has woven. This is a must read!
For Nora Cane there are certain undisputed truths. She has two best friends: Chris and Adriane, who are the perfect couple. She has a boyfriend, Max, who loves her. Her brother is dead, but no one except Chris knows about it. And Latin always makes sense. But soon everything Nora thought she knew will be tested. Chris will die. Max will be blamed. And Nora and Adriane will be left to solve the mystery of a book that has driven a man insane. The plan is simple; go to Prague, save Max, clear his name, and learn to with without Chris. But nothing is ever that simple and soon they will find themselves in the middle of a centuries old mystery that only Nora can solve. They will have help but no one is what they seem. The only thing Nora can trust are the words of a long dead woman, written in Latin, and the clues they leave to a machine that may be better left unsolved.
I can not even begin to explain how amazing this book was. Every time I thought I knew what was going on and who was who, it was all switched up and I was left guessing, racing to get to the next page. Wasserman's use of real historical figures only adds to the amazing story she has woven. This is a must read!