Incredibly engrossing!

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I became a fan of Mindy Mejia after reading Everything You Want Me to Be last year. I was eagerly awaiting her next book, Leave No Trace. Leave No Trace is very different from Everything You Want Me to Be but just as brilliant and incredibly engrossing. This is a story about Lucas, a boy who disappeared with his father into Minnesota wilderness only to be found 10 years later with no trace of his father, and Maya, a speech therapist, who is tasked with helping Lucas integrate back into society. Lucas is mistrustful of people but he and Maya develop a connection and he needs her help to get back to his father. This was such an intriguing premise! There was more than one mystery to unravel in this book, not just Lucas's but Maya's too.

I found very hard to put this book down. I was riveted by the mystery of Lucas's disappearance and his survival in the harsh Boundary Waters. I found both Lucas and Maya fascinating and couldn't wait to discover all their secrets and see their relationship grow. The descriptions of the lakes and Boundary Waters were so vivid, I could easy imagine them in my mind. Mindy Mejia has a way with words that just grabs readers from the first page and doesn't let go until they reach the end. Leave No Trace is another winner from her and I am thankful to have had the chance to read it early.