Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson

Walk on Earth a Stranger (Gold Seer Trilogy, #1)

by Rae Carson

Gold is in my blood, in my breath, even in the flecks in my eyes.

Lee Westfall has a strong, loving family. She has a home she loves and a loyal steed. She has a best friend—who might want to be something more.

She also has a secret.

Lee can sense gold in the world around her. Veins deep in the earth. Small nuggets in a stream. Even gold dust caught underneath a fingernail. She has kept her family safe and able to buy provisions, even through the harshest winters. But what would someone do to control a girl with that kind of power? A person might murder for it.

When everything Lee holds dear is ripped away, she flees west to California—where gold has just been discovered. Perhaps this will be the one place a magical girl can be herself. If she survives the journey.

The acclaimed Rae Carson begins a sweeping new trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America, about a young woman with a powerful and dangerous gift.

Reviewed by Joséphine on

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Actual rating: 4.5 stars
Initial thoughts: My, my, do I keep getting surprised this year! Walk on Earth A Stranger is another book I hadn't planned to read. Even though it was such a hotly anticipated release, I didn't think it'd be up my alley. Was I wrong! I liked this book a lot. The characters had depth, stood strong as individuals and also in groups. Their relationships grew so much and on such a varied spectrum, from best friend, to almost-friend, to strangers and enemies. Best of all, Lee could stand her ground as a person. She knew respect and respect knew her. Amidst their culture, men were above women and out of that Rae Carson weaved a wondrous story of a girl who preferred to be a woman but knew that as a man, she could do so much more. Besides all that, I'm a sucker for good magical realism. This book was good magical realism rooted in historical fiction.

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