Another Great Historical BY Ruta Sepetya

You know a book is special when it catches you with just a few pages. You want to know more about the characters and the world they live in. If you ever read any other Ruta Sepetya book, you know she has a knack for doing this. Getting the reader hooked from the start. I must Betray you is no exception. From the get-go readers are introduced to a lighthearted kind boy named Cristian. Cristian lives in communist Romania under the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, one of the most brutal communist dictators the world has ever seen. Young Cristian has dreams and hopes just as anyone although he lives in such an unforgiving and uncertain time in history. Ruta Sepetya manages to grab you, pull you into the story, and put you right into this time and place with no gimmicks, just smart writing. You feel and see everything Cristian and his family does, and you will keep wanting to know more.