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Dora Bruder by telling how in 1988 he stumbled across an ad in the personal columns of the New Year's Eve 1941 edition of Paris Soir. Placed by the parents of a 15-year-old Jewish girl, Dora Bruder, who had run away from her Catholic boarding school, the ad sets Modiano off on a quest to find out everything he can about Dora and why, at the height of German reprisals, she ran away on a bitterly cold day from the people hiding her

While the novel did somewhat redeem itself towards the end, I found Lulu and her friends extremely annoying and two-dimensional and her love interest left much to be desired. They were not that supportive of one another and they all seemed more like ships passing in the night than a tight-knit group of girls that would kill anyone if they broke their friend's heart. None of the characters were particularly distinct, they felt like carbon copies of characters from cheesy teen movies. The problems could have easily been solved if Lulu took a step back and took a minute to process everything.

New York Times bestselling Witchlands series have fallen in love with the Bloodwitch Aeduan. Although each character has a strong presence and distinct voice, in previous novels of the series I found the changing of narrations annoying at times because I cared about certain characters more than others. I am interested to see where the series will continue to go, there are a lot of different paths to be taken and I am interested to see where Susan takes the series. The characters, plot, writing, and world-building of the entire series is fantastic, Susan Dennard is a world-class writer.

Haunted by the sacrifices he made in Constantinople, Radu is called back to the new capital. Mehmed is building an empire, becoming the sultan his people need