Also, at the back of the book and through her author’s notes, Sepetys ensures that the spark lit by this book can be fed through further reading and research. This is an incredibly detailed fleshing out of this part of history. I appreciate just how extensively Sepetys researches her work and this definitely shines through in the finished product.
Her previous works have had this spirit and ultimate message to them, acting as jumping off points to continue your own research and being brilliant books at the same time. After researching Nicolae Ceaușescu and his dictatorship, I now appreciate this book even more and Sepetys’ dedication to ensuring these aspects of history are not forgotten or erased. I must admit to knowing very little about this period of history, but Sepetys ensures you are well-versed with enough facts for the story. Sepetys sheds light on another little-known part of history: the brutal regime of Romania in 1989. I Must Betray You is such a claustrophobic read, making you constantly on edge and checking over your shoulder. But what is the cost of freedom?Ī gut-wrenching, startling window into communist Romania and the citizen spy network that devastated a nation, from the number one New York Times best-selling, award-winning author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray.Yet again, Ruta Sepetys has blown my mind. He eagerly joins the revolution to fight for change when the time arrives.
He’s left with only two choices: betray everyone and everything he loves-or use his position to creatively undermine the most notoriously evil dictator in Eastern Europe.Ĭristian risks everything to unmask the truth behind the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream they are bound by rules and force.Īmidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe.
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