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**BOOK REVIEW** Orphan Monster Spy by @by_matt_killeen ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 / 5 • Talented, artistic, oppressed. Sarah has been learning to survive in a world that has become dangerous for her, her mother, and all other Jewish citizens throughout Europe. So what is a girl to do when she becomes unexpectedly orphaned? That's right. She becomes a spy in a boarding school for the Nazi elite in 1939. Sarah is one of my favourite novel protagonists in a long time. She is resourceful, ballsy, BRAVE, and mouthy. I love how she deals with her horrific situation, how she strategises and overcomes. Matt Killeen expertly weaves Sarah's backstory and experiences of being Jewish in increasing oppressive Austrian/German societies in the 1930s into the wider plot, which I found very educational. I found myself doing lots of research to fill in the gaps where my own knowledge was sadly lacking in this area of European history (this was further sparked by the Author's note at the end of the novel). The plot was SO GOOD. Excellently paced and the twists towards the end of the novel were so brilliantly unexpected, I found myself moving the book as far away from me as I could whilst still being able to read. A thrilling, well researched book that I thoroughly enjoyed. I cannot wait to read book 2 and, hopefully, learn some more about the Captain! • #bookreview #yabookreview #bookblogger #bookrecommendations #bookreviewer #bookblog #whattoread #bookrecs #bookphoto #bookstack #booksonbooks #bookspines #bookaesthetic #historicalfiction #wwiifiction #bookpages #bookstagrammer #bookstagramreviews #trillerreader #spyfiction #spynovel #teenlit #teenbookreview #mattkilleen #orphanmonsterspy (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAVxq-ggd_r/?igshid=1hq37wuga38hu