"These were the names she whispered in the dark. These were the pieces she bought back into place. These were the wolves she rode to war." 
 Set in an alternate universe ten years after the Nazis won the war: Yael - a skin shifter and member of the of the resistance takes the form of Adele Wolf - the first female Victor of the Axis Tour. The Axis tour is an annual motorcycle race from Berlin to Tokyo to commemorate Hitler and Emperor Hirohito's victory over Great Britain. The Victor is awarded an audience with Hitler. Yael intends to win the competition, and kill him. 
 That synopsis a mess and doesn't do the book justice, but it's coming from me so that should be all you expect by now. I absolutely adored this fast paced, thrill of a novel. I'd assume reading this was like riding a motorcycle, you become addicted to the pure adrenaline rush this book gives you and never want to get off. 
 The writing style is beautiful, the main character is complex, the side characters are interesting and you truly can't trust anyone, the politics and history were fascinating (this is coming from someone that dreaded studying WW2 repeatedly), and the pace was fast and addictive as hell but you were never left wondering "what the hell just happened?". Yael's backstory is weaved beautifully into this book, you see how she became a skin shifter and her growth into the person she has become. I loved this book and have already started recommending it to those I know would appreciate it. 
 "Once upon a different time, there was a girl who lived in a kingdom of death. Wolves howled up her arm. A whole pack of them--made of tattoo ink and pain, memory and loss. It was the only thing about her that ever stayed the same."