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 Wolf by wolf 
 Ryan Graudin 
 Wolf by wolf by Ryan Graudin is a book answering the question: what if Hitler won ww2? This book is set in 1950 post ww2, the book follows a girl named Yael who is on a mission to kill Hitler in order to help the rebels. 
 I enjoyed this book thoroughly, though it didn't stick me too much compared to other books but I still enjoyed the characters and plot. I did like the world that was built and I appreciated the characters but to me they didn't stick with me or stand out as much as other characters. I did find that I was distracted thought out the book and I found that book not that engaging. 
 *SPOILERS* 
 I liked the character of Yael I thought that she had a heart breaking backstory and was just a kickass female character. But she didn't really connect with me I didn't feel very emotionally attached to these characters. I did appreciate her hard back story, I thought that to bear having experiments and needles put into you every day at the age of 6 takes a special kind of person to survive. I feel like she is a very strong character but I felt like I needed something more in order to connect with her. I do think that she is very strong especially with 3 years training at Vlad's farm To me her character was like any other main female protagonist with a harsh back story, I needed something realistic so I could connect with her. I did love the mystery of Luka and I loved how we had to keep guessing what type of character he was. I was almost frustrated at the mystery because Yael seemed to have already figured out everyone else including her brother. It is sad to see Yael think of herself as a remanence of a real person and it so sad that she can't even remember what she looks like, it reminds me Lysandra from throne of glass 
 I did like Felix's character, but I am still anticipating a scene where he finds out that Yael is not his sister. I found that his brotherly love was adorable and amazingly strong. 
 I did wish that they mystery that Yael had to figure out between Adele and Luka was more intense, again I liked the how the mystery was built up, it almost annoyed me as much as it annoyed Yael, I knew that the secret was going to back fire on Yael. 
 The world that was created was very interesting and felt very real and felt like it could be a possible outcome. It is scary to think of what the world would have turned out to be like if the allies did loose WW2. I thought that the experiments in this world was a very scary concept because some of it was real but not advance enough to lead to skin changing, but to see and feel how the Jews were treated was just heart breaking and brought me back to reality because these things did happen to very real people. It's just nice to get a taste of reality in a book and a reminder. 
 I did like the flash backs that we got but I just wished that I had a more emotional connection with Yael. The flash backs were very interesting because the writing felt like a very young Yael and it felt like a movie when they flash back to a younger self. 
 Babushka--the one who gave her purpose. 
 Mama--the one who gave her life. 
 Miriam--the one who gave her freedom. 
 Aaron-Klaus--the one who gave her a mission. 
 Vlad--the one who gave her pain. 
 These were the names she whispered in the dark. 
 These were the pieces she brought back into place. 
 These were the wolves she rode to war. 
 The plot was very interesting, how everything relied on winning a race. I liked who Yael didn't actually win because something would have gone very wrong if she did win. I loved how we got that one chapter of the scientist who made Yael who she is. I did like how there was a definite set goal and she didn't reach that goal but it all tuned out well enough to have questions and goals for the next book. 
 I loved how the plot tuned out, I liked how we are able to get a second book from this but I also like how the original goal in the start of the book was completed, although the real Hitler didn't die, the world still thinks Hitler died, I am glade that this way the revolution will start and we still have strong goal for the next book. I can't wait to see how everything turns out. 
 Overall I give this 3.5/5