Book Review: Flora’s Dare

Ysabeau S. Wilce’s Flora Segunda books suffer from one of the same difficulties as the Harry Potter books: while the children are having exciting adventures, the backstory tells us that the parental generation clearly lived an epic tragedy. Their nation, Califa, was invaded by the Huitzil Empire! They managed to stave off utter defeat only by becoming a client state! All while accruing complicated and tragic backstories!

( Spoilers for the backstory )

I am filled with a burning desire for prequels.

But I am also curious what happens to Flora next in the present-day storyline. But I feel a little trepidation about book three, because of certain events in book two... ( More spoilers )