Ballad & Dagger

This was such a great book! It reads like a setup for a hero movie. I saw some reviews of people saying it was very political, which it was however it was filled with the politics of their world, San Madrigal, and was very necessary for the story. The way Mateo and Chela come full circle into their powers was done brilliantly. There are some things that I didn't like. I didn't understand why one of the twins just completely disappeared from the story or why the writer didn't fully flesh out Tia Lucia's warning about Chela. At first I was going to rate it a 4 but the last chapters of the book the story kicks into high gear and it made it a 5 for me!