Thank you to NetGalley and OrangeSky Audio for providing me an e-arc of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review

I really enjoyed this audiobook. I will admit that I was hoping it was going to go into a bit more detail than it actually did. However, given the diary format and the age of the protagonist, it makes since that it didn’t. As Julia was continually frustrated by, how much would the adults around her really tell a 13-year-old? That being said, it was nice to see an #ownvoices book about such a tough subject geared toward the younger end of the YA age range. I would absolutely recommend this book to a young teen for a look at what is going on in Mexico and how it can effect families living there.

Among the unique aspects of The Everything I Have Lost is the epistolary format, which I thought was done really well. You could see that Julia was aware of the world around her, she knew that Jurez was unsafe and getting worse but she was also a young teen with young teen concerns like boys and makeup and if she was too old to be playing the games she was playing with her brother. It was really interesting seeing Julia piece together information about her father and what it would mean for her family.

Overall I thought this was a really unique and wonderful book.