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A review by franzis_buecher
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
adventurous
emotional
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
4.5
I read this book in about four days and it was so good!
I do think I prefer the first installment, Firekeeper's Daughter, because the resolution made a bit more sense to me in that one and I didn't love the romance in this sequel as much, but I still enjoyed it immensely!
It also gave a very satisfying conclusion to some open questions from Firekeeper's Daughter, while of course Perry is the focus here and she has her own story going on.
I really loved Perry as a character and she is very different from Daunis and a force to be reckoned with!
It's also really interesting to see things and people from the first book from Perry's point of view. She was six years old in the first book and now ten years have passed and a lot has changed. Her parents also feel very different from her perspective compared to Aunt Teddie and Art from Daunis's POV. I always admire authors who can write this change of perspective well!
The side characters, especially Pauline and Team Misfit Toys, are a lot of fun as well. Cooper too, even though I didn't really get why he's described as "kooky", he seemed pretty normal to me.
I shouldn't have read the blurb on the back though, because I then expected the heist to center around the Warrior Girl in the university archives but it very much did not. She is just one starting point for Perry to think about repatriation and she wants to bring her home but the heist completely separate from that and unrelated to the university archives.
Nevertheless, it was a great story. It starts out slow as Perry learns more about repatriation and she gets more and more daring, and then picks up in the last third with the heist plan and everything.
Like in the first book, this one kept me guessing at who was behind several crimes and mysteries, and I had some suspicions but only one of them was right in the end. So the mystery part worked well for me.
There are some open questions at the end of this one too, however.
- Where did Stormy disappear to during the heist and why? And what happened to the box he took with him?
- Who hit Erik and who hit Tom and why? (Maybe I just didn't understand that part correctly because I read it at 1 am)
- Who killed Darby? (I'm guessing it was Grant, but it's never stated)
- Did Leroy get convicted? (I hope so!)
- Who is Waabun's father? (I reread the end of Firekeeper's Daughter today and am convinced that it's Jamie, but when/why/where did that happen?)
- Why is Daunis now together with TJ? (tbh I didn't even remember that he was her ex in the first one)
- Will Perry find a way to get Warrior Girl back? (I sure hope so, but it's probably gonna take a while ...)
I hope there will be a third book, maybe from Waabun's POV when he's older?
Definitely looking forward to any future installments, and I learned a lot reading this!
I do think I prefer the first installment, Firekeeper's Daughter, because the resolution made a bit more sense to me in that one and I didn't love the romance in this sequel as much, but I still enjoyed it immensely!
It also gave a very satisfying conclusion to some open questions from Firekeeper's Daughter, while of course Perry is the focus here and she has her own story going on.
I really loved Perry as a character and she is very different from Daunis and a force to be reckoned with!
It's also really interesting to see things and people from the first book from Perry's point of view. She was six years old in the first book and now ten years have passed and a lot has changed. Her parents also feel very different from her perspective compared to Aunt Teddie and Art from Daunis's POV. I always admire authors who can write this change of perspective well!
The side characters, especially Pauline and Team Misfit Toys, are a lot of fun as well. Cooper too, even though I didn't really get why he's described as "kooky", he seemed pretty normal to me.
I shouldn't have read the blurb on the back though, because I then expected the heist to center around the Warrior Girl in the university archives but it very much did not. She is just one starting point for Perry to think about repatriation and she wants to bring her home but the heist completely separate from that and unrelated to the university archives.
Nevertheless, it was a great story. It starts out slow as Perry learns more about repatriation and she gets more and more daring, and then picks up in the last third with the heist plan and everything.
Like in the first book, this one kept me guessing at who was behind several crimes and mysteries, and I had some suspicions but only one of them was right in the end. So the mystery part worked well for me.
There are some open questions at the end of this one too, however.
- Where did Stormy disappear to during the heist and why? And what happened to the box he took with him?
- Who hit Erik and who hit Tom and why? (Maybe I just didn't understand that part correctly because I read it at 1 am)
- Who killed Darby? (I'm guessing it was Grant, but it's never stated)
- Did Leroy get convicted? (I hope so!)
- Who is Waabun's father? (I reread the end of Firekeeper's Daughter today and am convinced that it's Jamie, but when/why/where did that happen?)
- Why is Daunis now together with TJ? (tbh I didn't even remember that he was her ex in the first one)
- Will Perry find a way to get Warrior Girl back? (I sure hope so, but it's probably gonna take a while ...)
I hope there will be a third book, maybe from Waabun's POV when he's older?
Definitely looking forward to any future installments, and I learned a lot reading this!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation
Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Misogyny, and Murder
Minor: Police brutality, Rape, and Racism