A review by crlyhairedbibliophile
To Astera, With Love by Amanda Ross

3.5

Welcome to America, the land of the (not quite) free and the home of the (occasionally) brave. The country that gave us Frederick Douglass and Robert E. Lee. Who gave us Hollywood and the segregated South. Who gave us Brown vs. the Board of Education but who drained an entire swimming pool when Dorothy Dandridge dipped her toe in the water. Welcome to America, where you're more likely to star in a reality TV show, wear a shirt that says "suns out guns out," or be murdered by a vampire than any other country in the world.

To Astera, With Love takes place in a 2022 America and follows Mercury, Ellis (who I often wanted to reach through the pages and strangle