This is one of my favorite books. As someone who often has a hard time sticking to a book and staying engaged I couldn't stop reading. There were multiple nights were i physically couldn't put it down and ended up staying up to an ungodly hour reading. It is a wonderful story that talks about the affects of revolution and the struggles of immigration. If you are the type of person who likes a historical fiction I have plenty of faith you will love it just as much as I did. As for the sequal it started out a lot slower and it took awhile to really pogress the plot of it but it was still a good continuation of the book.