A review by bringmybooks
A Shadow in Moscow by Katherine Reay

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Thank you to NetGalley, Harper Muse, & HarperCollins Focus for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This in no way affected my review, opinions are my own.

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This was a solid historical fiction that built suspense really well throughout, but there were a couple of things throughout that didn’t make a ton of sense as far as how things would have worked during the Cold War, and I didn’t really get a lot of resolution through the author’s note.

I liked it well enough, and would definitely recommend a library checkout - the atmosphere that Reay created was really good and I genuinely liked the characters … and there were a couple of surprises throughout that I thought were done really well! 
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