Published by: Greenwillow Books, September 22nd 2015
Genre: YA, Historical
Pages: 432
Format: Ebook
Source: Greenwillow, via Edelweiss
Gold is in my blood, in my breath, even in the flecks in my eyes.
Lee Westfall has a strong, loving family. She has a home she loves and a loyal steed. She has a best friend—who might want to be something more.
She also has a secret.
Lee can sense gold in the world around her. Veins deep in the earth. Small nuggets in a stream. Even gold dust caught underneath a fingernail. She has kept her family safe and able to buy provisions, even through the harshest winters. But what would someone do to control a girl with that kind of power? A person might murder for it.
When everything Lee holds dear is ripped away, she flees west to California—where gold has just been discovered. Perhaps this will be the one place a magical girl can be herself. If she survives the journey.
The acclaimed Rae Carson begins a sweeping new trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America, about a young woman with a powerful and dangerous gift.
Gold is in my blood, in my breath, even in the flecks in my eyes.
Lee Westfall has a strong, loving family. She has a home she loves and a loyal steed. She has a best friend—who might want to be something more.
She also has a secret.
Lee can sense gold in the world around her. Veins deep in the earth. Small nuggets in a stream. Even gold dust caught underneath a fingernail. She has kept her family safe and able to buy provisions, even through the harshest winters. But what would someone do to control a girl with that kind of power? A person might murder for it.
When everything Lee holds dear is ripped away, she flees west to California—where gold has just been discovered. Perhaps this will be the one place a magical girl can be herself. If she survives the journey.
The acclaimed Rae Carson begins a sweeping new trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America, about a young woman with a powerful and dangerous gift.
I liked this, but it was really slow and quiet. Instead of huge story events, they were smaller and the drama was more personal than world-altering. Which isn't a bad thing, but it's not really my thing. I liked Jefferson a lot and I freaking LOVE Lee (my gun-toting bae) but it was slow and I did get a little fed up of the wagon after a while.
Characters ★★★★☆
Setting/world ★★★☆☆
Writing ★★★☆☆
I feel like Rae Carson has a knack for writing slower paced books, but I loved this one as well! The characters literally moved me to tears!
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