Salt To The Sea by Ruta Sepetys : Book Review

Title: Salt to the Sea
Author: Ruta Sepetys
Publisher: Philomel Books
Published Date: February 2nd 2016
Genre: YA, Historical Fiction
Page Count: 400
Format: Hardcover

My Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Goodreads Summary: 
Winter, 1945. Four teenagers. Four secrets.

Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies…and war.

As thousands of desperate refugees flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom.

Yet not all promises can be kept.
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 My Review:
MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
"Joana still had her mother. Reuniting with her mother was her motivation. She would slay dragons to get to her. Mother was anchor. Mother was comfort. Mother was home. ”

Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys | Book Review

Title: Out of the Easy
Author: Ruta Sepetys

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published Date: March 7th, 2013
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, YA

Page Count: 346

Format: Paperback

My Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★


Goodreads Summary:
It’s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the   daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie wants more out of life    than the Big Easy has to offer.                                                
She devises a plan to get out, but a mysterious death in the Quarter leaves Josie tangled in an investigation that will challenge her allegiance to her mother, her conscience, and Willie Woodley, the brusque madam on Conti Street. Josie is caught between the dream of an elite college and a clandestine underworld. New Orleans lures her in her quest for truth, dangling temptation at every turn, and escalating to the ultimate test.
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My Review: 

"Sometimes we set off down a road thinkin' we're goin' one place and we end up another. But that's okay. The important thing is to start."

 Ruta Sepetys is becoming a must-read author for me.