The Kingdom of Back takes the reader to a time where men are important and woman don’t have a standing. Nannerl Mozart is a young girl who doesn’t want to be forgotten. Nannerl struggles in a world where she wants to be someone great and impress the demands of her father but seems to be overshadowed by her younger brother Mozart. Marie Lu tells a story of the bond between siblings and the magical world they create through music. In this musical world they meet a princeling who introduces them to The Kingdom of Back. This novel tells a story of the love of the Mozart siblings where history and magic collide into a novel I didn’t want to put down. Marie writes so beautifully that she transports the reader into the book.