This book by David Benioff got me from the first page and left me wanting more when it was over. I loved this book on so many levels and not many books effect me this way. It was funny, tragic, thrilling, magical. It took me to a place I had never been before ~ Leningrad, Russia, World War II, during the siege and into the lives and minds of two unlikely friends as they take a journey that you don't want to miss. I will reread this book. I loved it!