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Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson

4.0

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I really enjoyed Rae Carson’s Fire and Thorns trilogy and I felt confident I would enjoy her writing in this book as well. Why did I take so long to pick it up? I’m not a huge fan of historical fiction and this honestly just wasn’t a book I was itching to read. It did start out slow and I will admit I was still skeptical about 20% into the book. However, after I finished it I realized that I really really enjoyed this story! While I’m not a huge fan of historical fiction I was intrigued by the bit of magic with Leah’s gold-sensing abilities. The story ended up being more historical fiction with less magic or fantasy than I expected, but I was actually very okay with that. I hadn’t realized how attached I got to all of the characters until I finished the book and thought about how much I wanted to read the second book. It was really good, and if you are willing to give it a chance, I definitely recommend it! Also, the cover is one of the more beautiful covers I’ve seen lately, so that certainly doesn’t hurt