Fawkes - Nadine Brandes (ARC Kindle Edition)

I don't even know where to begin, I want to gush so hard! I am so stingy with my 5 star reviews, but this is a no-brainer. Thank you so much to Netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book.

I said when I was about 10% into the book that I felt like I was reading what may become the YA book of the summer and I back that statement fully.

Fawkes literally has everything you could possibly want in a story - Fantasy. Historical Fiction. Magic. Villains. Sword fights. Awkward romantic advances. Jealousy. Daddy issues. Gallows. Painting. FIERCE ASS FEMALE CHARACTERS. MALE CHARACTERS WHO SUPPORT FIERCE ASS FEMALE CHARACTERS.

Fawkes is a fantasy re-imagining of the Gunpowder Plot of 11/5/1605 (Remember, remember, the Fifth of November) where instead of religion, the treason and fighting is over how to rightfully control color and the power of objects of a specific color. And instead of the infamous Plague, it's a plague that turns you to STONE. Seriously, how have you not opened a new tab to pre-order this book yet??

I honestly don't have anything to complain about other than it's a standalone *as of now* so we won't get to see more of Thomas and Emma.