This is exactly how YA romances should be-a balance between two characters, where they support each other and help each other grow. She is such a brilliant, fierce character.
It zeroes on just one of the many conflicts that went on at that time, and presents it in a new way with a fantasy slant.
Nadine Brandes’ latest YA book was an incredible allegorical take on the conflict during the Protestant Reformation. No matter Thomas’s choice, one thing is clear: once the decision is made and the color masks have been put on, there’s no turning back. But backing out of the plot will send his father and the other plotters to the gallows. The problem: Doing so will destroy the family of the girl Thomas loves. The plan: use 36 barrels of gunpowder to blow up the Igniter King. So when his Keeper father, Guy Fawkes, invites him to join the Gunpowder Plot-claiming it will put an end to the plague-Thomas is in. And if he doesn’t do something soon, he’ll be a lifeless statue. But all Thomas knows is that the Stone Plague infecting his eye is spreading. Keepers think the Igniters caused the plague.
And when the king calls for peace, no one listens until he finally calls for death. Wars where color power alters the natural rhythm of 17th century London. The wars that are never declared, but are carried out in dark alleys with masks and hidden knives. Thomas Fawkes is turning to stone, and the only cure to the Stone Plague is to join his father’s plot to assassinate the king of England. Publishes on July 10th, 2018 Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads
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