6/10/2023 0 Comments Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'BrienThis doesn't mean I won't criticize it if it's bad (in terms of story or just terrible representation of romantic love) it just means I welcome all of it will open arms and then I tear it apart. I know there's a lot of discussion surrounding the all too common love interest tropes in YA and how there are way too many love triangles, but honestly, I'm such a sucker for love stories that I'll gobble up anything. With all that out of the way, the instant Leon stepped 'on-screen' I knew he was going to be a big deal and I wasn't disappointed. The two meet in Gaia's home after her parents were arrested and imprisoned but not before Gaia is given a secret code left behind by her parents by Old Meg who just ups and leaves town immediately afterward. It's in the second chapter that we meet our future love interest, Captain Leon Grey, who is a couple year's older than Gaia. Seeing this vastly different future in the eyes of a naive sixteen-year-old I think only heightened the experience. All that in just the first chapter and I knew I was in for a fun ride. Birthmarked does this by having us meet young midwife Gaia Stone in the aftermath of helping a woman give birth, promptly marking that baby, then snatching that baby away, and handing said baby over to Enclave guards. I adore stories that just throw you into their setting without a care if you're ready to hop into the boiling pot or not.
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