A review by amlibera
Map of Fates by Maggie Hall

3.0

I inhaled this book (as I did the previous one in the series). It's fun and clearly a YA style Da Vinci code is right up my alley. Having said that there is a level of sloppiness in the plotting that's unfortunate - the characters solve the mysteries by guessing mostly and the connections that they make are simply suddenly correct. Lots of missed opportunities - the mother has been kidnapped for the bulk of the last two books- why bring her back just to kill her off? Couldn't she have advanced the story through knowledge or information first (or at least paying off the wait by actually having a conversation with her daughter)? But as I said, I enjoyed this despite the flaws.