But even better than that, there is a sinister villain in this story that is totally intriguing and they perform more than one dastardly deed. Throughout the novel your opinion of many characters shifts and changes as you realize their motivations and view their actions in a different light. They're the kind of characters that make you question if they are doing the right thing for the wrong reasons or the wrong thing for the right reasons. Like all good spy thrillers Sekret is full of suspicious people who make you wonder if they are good or evil. I loved the world that Lindsay Smith created in Sekret.Īnd what also made the book even more interesting and thrilling was the characters. It reminded me a little bit of The Darkest Minds. Many of them were very cool powers including our main character Yulia's who could see the memories by touch. The powers ranged from being able to read people's minds, see the future, and the ability to erase memories. Each of the characters in the books had their own unique power. The inclusion of the world of the teen psychics made the book much more complex and intriguing. But what Lindsay did beautifully is take a period of history and a setting that is already interesting, and full of suspicion and conflict, and made it even more interesting by expounding on a speculative idea from the time, that they were experimenting with people who had psychic powers. And like all good books in the genre it is well-researched and interesting.

As Historical Fiction, the book takes actual events such as the space race and the Bay of Pigs invasion with figures of the time like Khrushchev to give the book a realistic significance. One of the best parts of this book for me was the world and historical setting. The book not only met but exceeded my expectations.

Then Violet from Paper Worlds and Swirls of Ink suggested we read the book together and I jumped at the opportunity. So I got my hands on a copy awhile back but because of my themed months on the blog I had yet to read it.

I did a Waiting on Wednesday post back in March explaining exactly why I was so excited to read a Historical Fantasy/Mystery set in Soviet Russia during the 1960s and how everything in this book is what that I love reading. This book was one of my top three most anticipated books of the spring. Yulia quickly realizes she can trust no one-not her KGB superiors or the other operatives vying for her attention-and must rely on her own wits and skills to survive in this world where no SEKRET can stay hidden for long. space program, she's thrust into a world of suspicion, deceit, and horrifying power. But when she's captured by the KGB and forced to work as a psychic spy with a mission to undermine the U.S. Yulia's father always taught her to hide her thoughts and control her emotions to survive the harsh realities of Soviet Russia.

Sekret by lindsay smith