Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Review
Who would’ve thought I’d find myself reading historical fiction? It's 1941 and fifteen-year-old artist Lina Vilkas is on Stalin's extermination list. Deported to a prison camp in Siberia, Lina fights for her life, fearless, risking everything to save her family. It's a long and harrowing journey and it is only their incredible strength, love, and hope that pull Lina and her family through each day. But will love be enough to keep them alive?- goodreads.com “Was it harder to die, or harder to be the one who survived?” I am not usually one to read historical fiction but I picked up Between Shades of Gray because I was such a big fan of Salt to the Sea . After finishing it, I didn’t enjoy Between Shades of Gray as much as Salt to the Sea (which was one of favorites of last year), but I still really liked it. I love Ruta Sepetys’s novels because they feel real. This seems obvious since they are historical fiction novels and based on true events, but I...