Title: The Book of Blood and Shadow
By: Robin Wasserman
Publisher: Random House Children's Book
Publication Date: April 10, 2012
IBSN: 9780375868764
Pages: 3448
One girl is determined to find the truth and avenge the dead. It was like a nightmare, but there was no waking up. When the night began, Nora had two best friends and an embarrassingly storybook one true love. When it ended, she had nothing but blood on her hands and an echoing scream that stopped only when the tranquilizers pierced her veins and left her in the merciful dark. But the next morning, it was all still true: Chris was dead. His girlfriend Adriane, Nora's best friend, was catatonic. And Max, Nora's sweet, smart, soft-spoken Prince Charming, was gone. He was also—according to the police, according to her parents, according to everyone—a murderer. Desperate to prove his innocence, Nora follows the trail of blood, no matter where it leads. It ultimately brings her to the ancient streets of Prague, where she is drawn into a dark web of secret societies and shadowy conspirators, all driven by a mad desire to possess something that might not even exist. For buried in a centuries-old manuscript is the secret to ultimate knowledge and communion with the divine; it is said that he who controls the Lumen Dei controls the world. Unbeknownst to her, Nora now holds the crucial key to unlocking its secrets. Her night of blood is just one piece in a puzzle that spans continents and centuries. Solving it may be the only way she can save her own life.
Review:
“The Book of Blood and Shadow” takes you on a historical adventure while it also explores; friendship, trust and instinct. I really enjoyed this book. The characters were well written and easy to get attached to. It was definitely hard to put down. I read a lot so I did find myself able to guess at some of the ending. However, I wasn’t able to guess enough to sway a bad review. Robin Wasserman is very talented and reading this has made me seek out more of her books.
~Bobbi~
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