Salt & Stone

Reviewed by: Sally Holt - Raymond Village Library, Raymond, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 26, 2015

Review

In the prequel to the book, Fire and Flood, Tella Holloway must face a dangerous trek through a treacherous jungle and desert in order to remain a Contender in the Brimstone Bleed so that she can obtain The Cure for her brother.

In the sequel Tella is back but this time must face the challenges of crossing an ocean and the bitter chill of a mountain and new and impossible rules in the race.

Each character in the race has a Pandora, spirit animal, who at one point must fight to the death in order for their masters to move on through the race.

Pandora: KD-8 Design Type : Fox, Small Scale Ability A: Replication Assigned Contender: Tella Holloway Code Color: Red

This book is full of tragedies, challenges and romance…fast paced and detailed.

Tella is a strong, smart and dependable character who is determined to continue to fight for The Cure as this saga continues in the next book in this series.

Young Adults who have read and enjoyed "The Hunger Games" and like titles will enjoy the series. This book can be read as a stand-alone but is more complete with the read of the first.

Overall Book Score: very good