Book Review: Kindreds
What do you do when you are faced with an impossible choice between your head or your heart? Sixteen-year-old Lilah keeps asking herself this exact question. After the death of her last living relative, she is forced to live in foster care with the bizarre and disinterested Anderson family. All hope seems lost until she reunites with Joey, a boy from her past who lives next door. Feeling a strong connection with him, Lilah believes he feels the same, but Joey harbors a secret that threatens to keep them apart. Determined to know what it is, Lilah follows him into Nolianna, a mysterious, disappearing carnival world that is looking for new members. With Nolianna set to disappear at the end of Masquarade in four days, Lilah must decide if she should follow her heart and Joey into Nolianna, or trust her instincts and intellect that Nolianna may not be what it seems. When Sebastian, the future leader of Nolianna, sets his sights on having her join, ...