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A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan
4.0

Pros:

This book really allows you to feel the pull between both sides of a war when both are incredibly dangerous.  

This feels at least partly inspired by The Hunger Games with having the rebellion begin with coal miners.  I like that this has a vastly different time period and magic in place of technology like planes or television.

Cons:

While it’s understandable, I hate that a huge part of the problem of this story is miscommunication or lies however you want to think of it.  I fully get why the lies happened.  I can’t say that anyone would have done differently but feeling the impending doom and knowing that it could at least partly be handled with some blunt truth is painful.