Anastasia's Secret by Susanne Emily Dunlap wasn't quite what I was expecting. It is the story of the duchess Anastasia Romanov told from her perspective. It follows Anastasia from before the start of the world war and Russian Revolution. Anastasia befriends the young guard Sasha that works at the palace. He helps her see that everything in the world isn't as perfect as she thinks it is. This book about Anastasia looks a lot more into reasons behind the revolution that happened in Russia and the causes behind all the trouble for the Romanovs. As Anastasia gets older, her feelings for Sasha get stronger, and she finds that he's her only real friend besides her family. He's also the only one that takes her seriously and the only one that will tell her about what's really going on in Russia. Sasha becomes more and more involved with those heading the revolution as Anastasia gets more worried about what will happen to Sasha and her family.
Since the story is told by Anastasia, it does get a little confusing to know what's going on with the revolution and in Russia in general, since the only things the reader finds out about are the things that Anastasia knows about; and she only knows the things that Sasha tells her, which sometimes he is very vague about as he doesn't want to worry Anastasia any more than he has to.
The story remains engaging throughout, although sometimes it's confusing to the reader how much time has passed between sections of the story. Also, as Anastasia becomes increasingly obsessed with Sasha, the focus of the story changes a lot. The ending of the book is really abrupt. It just ends and then has a note from the author summing up the rest of what happened to Anastasia Romanov and her family and friends.
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